Yeah, I don't think it affected the sound while it was whole, but it is probably what made this happen. I will try to get the pieces together somehow, I've seen bows repaired with some glue and some fishing line, but that's been closer to the tip where I believe tension is lower than in the middle of the stick. A colleague tells me he has put some super duper glue from hell on a couple of cheap bows that had been broken by the middle, and they had kept together ever since. That's the worst case scenario, I believe. Better than throwing it away, anyway, and it could make a good secondary bow. Hopefully, though, some proper luthier or bow maker will accept the task of reviving it.
BTW, I just realized I posted in the wrong category. Scrolled the index page from bottom to top and picked the first theme that seemed fit. Dang. This just ain't my day.
02-18-2009, 02:07 PM
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