The Amazing Bow

A fiddler's best friend

The violin bow is an amazing contraption. Pick one bow up after another, and they pretty much look the same, but they may feel lighter or heavier, even though the difference in weight could be just a tenth of an ounce (3 grams). More astonishingly, when you try playing with various bows, you’ll find that some actually, magically, sound a lot better than…