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Hello, students! Michael Sanchez here. I hope you guys are having a great day! Gonna talk
to you guys about bows today. So I actually have set up here some fiberglass/plastic bows,
and then also some Pernambuco bows. I'm actually referring to the quality of the material that
the bow is made out of. The hair actually has nothing to do with the value of the bow.
So, a lot of times these fiberglass bows are going to come in your standard rental outfits,
where if like for example you buy a violin online for say like a hundred dollars, a lot
of times it's going to include one of these bows in it. They're very stiff, they're very
hard to play, so like when you're crossing strings, you're going to get a lot of that
[la la la la la] - that crunchy, unpleasant sound - squeaky sound. So I'm going to do
some bouncing with this bow, and you're going to be able to see how it's not really precise;
it's hard to really be accurate with it. [La la la, la la la la - la la la, la la la la
- lalala lalala lalala…]
Alright, I'm going to compare that to a Pernambuco bow.
[La la la, la la la la - la la la, la la la la - lalala lalala lalala…]
So, it's much more accurate, much more easy to play. It's a lot lighter. It's just a lot
easier to feel the strings and exactly how much pressure you need to put down. So, if
you guys have watched some of my videos, I talk a lot about the bow grip, and a lot of
times it's just hard to get a good sound when your bow is so stiff. So, that's definitely
a characteristic of these bows. So now I'm going to play something else, just so you
can hear the difference in sound, because another quality that a Pernambuco bow brings
out in a violin is the richness of the tone. So, notice how it really brings it out with
the Pernambuco compared to the fiberglass.
[La la la, la la la la - la la la, la la la la - lalala lalala lalala…]
Alright, and now the Pernambuco.
[La la la, la la la la - la la la, la la la la - lalala lalala lalala…]
So, you can probably tell that the violin was ringing more, compared to this, it's just
a lot "deader," stiffer sound with these particular bows. So, definitely, the Pernambucos are
just much better quality, and these are actually handcrafted, so they're not actually like
"manufactured," like you're going to find with these; these are a lot easier to make
than these. You know, an actual maker will craft the bow just particularly to be perfect,
as far as the bounce. So, these typically go for about three hundred and fifty to five
hundred dollars, but I'm actually holding a special right now where I'm giving these
away at sixty-five percent off, which is just an unheard of deal. I actually gave one of
my friend violinists this bow to play a couple days ago and asked him how much he thinks
it's worth? And he said, you know, about four hundred, five hundred dollars. And I said,
I'm actually holding a special and I'm giving these away at, you know, sixty-five percent
off, you know, so it's under two hundred dollars, and he was like shocked, he was amazed, and
he was like, "Wow!" You know? Because really any store that you go to, you're not going
to find this good quality for under two hundred dollars. So, I really wanted to help you guys
out, and give you the guys the opportunity to get one of these at a good price, and I'm
also going to be putting together some more videos, and talking more about these, as far
as the weights and such, so please tune in, and hopefully you guys end up choosing one
of the Pernambuco bows.