1. Bow Frog Repair Services | Restoration Techniques and Guides
( General » Repairs )

... a missing pearl slide, or a stuck screw, these pages guide you through the available options. Explore our frog repair topics below to learn how we restore bows at the Callier-Scollard Violin Shop in ...

2. Professional Bow Repair Services | Callier-Scollard Violins
( General » Repairs )

... with precise rewrapping techniques. Removing Stubborn Blocks Effective methods for removing and replacing stubborn blocks in instrument repair. Freeing Stuck Bow Slides Safely removing stuck slides ...

3. Tortoiseshell Frog Repair & Gold Wrap Replacement
( General » Repairs )

Tortoiseshell Frog Repair & Gold Wrap Replacement This gold and tortoiseshell frog had a missing section on the underslide near the grip. The area was particularly transparent, making the damage ...

4. Repairing Violin Cracks with External Cleats: No Top Removal Needed
( General » Repairs )

... the Cleat to the Putty Knife: Apply a small drop of CA glue to secure the cleat to the putty knife in the correct position. Insert the Cleat: Carefully slide the putty knife into the violin, positioning ...

5. Repairing Broken Bows Near the Frog: Step-by-Step Guide
( General » Repairs )

... to strengthen the bond. Slide the Wrap into Position: Ensure the wrapping is properly aligned, allowing the frog to slide back fully. Check Clearance: Confirm that the frog can move freely and that ...

6. Bow Ring Ferrule Repair: Flattening and Soldering Techniques
( General » Repairs )

... Here's the process I use: Insert a Metal File: Slide an old metal nail file into the ferrule to provide a solid surface. Clamp in a Vice: Secure the file and ferrule in a vice, ensuring it doesn’t ...

7. Cello and Bass Clamp Spacers with Magnets
( General » Repairs )

... but will still slide up and down.          ...

8. Repairing Loose or Broken Frog Edges During Bow Rehairing
( General » Repairs )

While in the process of rehairing a bow, you slide the ring off and the edge of the frog is broken and loose or it just falls off. Ugh. If it's an inexpensive bow and it lines up perfectly you can just ...

9. Loose bow wrapping
( General » Repairs )

When rehairing bows, sometimes the wrapping and the grip is loose. For those I do a quick fix and repair the existing wrapping. With this example the end of the wrapping was secure. Slide the grip ...

10. Cello and Bass Bridge Fitting Guide
( General » Repairs )

... thin paper and slide it under the bridge to see where the feet are touching Use a piece of carbon paper to make a mark on the bottom of the foot. Those marks need to be trimmed down. Use a coarse piece ...

11. Unusual Bow Plugs and Techniques | PH Bows London | Carbon Fiber Models
( General » Repairs )

... lots of these and they are fairly easy to get apart and then rehair. There is a small hole at the back of the slide where you can put the bow screw into and push it out. When I rehair one of these bows, ...

12. Old Style Glasser Frog Repair Guide: Experimental Method for Long-Lasting Results
( General » Repairs )

Here is an old style Glasser frog where there was a big crack in the front part of the frog. These old style frogs do not have an underslide, so simply glueing the crack most likely will not hold up. This ...

13. Using Rare Earth Magnets for Cleat Installation
( General » Repairs )

... is placed through the ff hole, the cleat will be is the correct position. Poke the wire into the hole and leave a little bit protruding through the cleat. This little bit allows you to slide the cleat ...

14. Cello Back Seam that is glued from the Outside
( General » Repairs )

... hole in the center Soak the cleat in water until it's pretty flexiable Take a stiff metal wire and push it into the cleat hole Slide a magnet onto the wire. Put glue onto the cleat (a little extra ...

15. Bow Slide Repair and Replacement | Expert Tips | Callier-Scollard Violin Shop
( General » Repairs )

Here is one that had no perl on the underslide. I'll try to fake which only takes a few minutes. Here are the steps Scrape any old glue off the slide Put the slide on a piece of Cellophane Cover ...

16. Classical Music Series - Foy, Smith, Maimone
( EventList » Free Concerts » Classical Music Series - Foy, Smith, Maimone )

Dr. Janic Foy, Cellist with pianists Noah Smith and Pat Maimone.   Music by: Gaspar Cassado Murice Ravel Enrique Granados, Ennio Bolognini Frederic Chopin Henryk Wieniawski F. Chopin/Marek ...