Would I benefit from a new bow?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Nick Hart

Now I have a question to put out into this thread.

My teacher always taps bows and looks to see if they have a pitch. He says that if the wood of the bow vibrates with a pitch than that is not good because the bow can react with the pitch being created. I was curious about other people's thoughts on this.

Everything has a Pitch! Drop a shoe on the Floor. Hit you head against the wall. Kick a tire on a car. If it has a sound at any volume that can be heard, there is a pitch there whether you can guess the note or not. Some 'knocks' might have more harmonics than others and some will sound in a monotone to the ear but everything especially a Bow, has some sort of Pitch.

I don't know what a bad pitch would sound like. Doesn't the balance and color of the sound have something to do with it as well as how well it stays on the string or plays evenly from Frog to Tip? Are you saying he can tap a Bow and tell these things? Is his Crystal Ball made from Albino Pernambuco?