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Shelf for the historically informed musician
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The 17th Century Violin Bow
Although many inquisitive baroque violinists have been experimenting with short bows for a while, the combination of really short (around 61 cm), with light indigenous wood, fixed frog and simple form which we see in 17th Century paintings (see my Timeline and my Essay Development of the Bow) seems much less explored. In fact, my failure to find something that…