amerikajinda
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After seeing this picture of his jeans, he deserves to have fallen on his violin!
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When starting out this is the challenge, what do you find first a great bow or great violin? I opted for a bow, which enabled me to find the right violin down the road.
I own a Peccatte, and a while ago I had a gold mounted Sartory. I've played a few Kittels, including one of only 5 gold and tortoiseshell mounted ones, worth somewhere over 100k. I've played a number of Tourte's, some of them in the 300,000 range. I don't think people have bows for chamber or practicing or orchestra. People with multiple bows choose which to use based on humidity and repertoire. Different kinds of weather will affect differnet bows, especially really supple sticks. Sometimes you need a stiffer bow, for Shostakovich and Bartok concertos for example. You might use a Voirin if you're playing certain Paganini or Wienawski F#- concerto. I know that for Bruckner, many orchestral musicians have a special, very light bow, because of the hours of tremolo you have to play in those symphonies.
I found finding a bow that suited my style, and I was comfortable with in all situations before finding the violin, made finding the violin easier. Oddly, I play on early 20th century bow and violin. I pretty much specialized in 20 th century concerti. For mozart, you want a bow with loads of control and a lightness. Something I care not to have in most situations. I had an HR Pfretchzner bow that was great for Mozart and the like. It was also good for showing off. My teacher and his line of players all have the most amazing flying spicatto (both up and down), and I found this bow to do wonderful for passages that required that. But, what I really loved to play was music that required a huge sound and lots of aggression, so I never really used it except for Bruckner symphonies and some chamber/quartet use and the odd times I had to play show pieces and Mozart. I sold it to buy my wifes engagement ring. I am a bow freak, now that I have the income, i should start collecting. I dont want to break up my rig though, so it would be just a collection.
It was an early period Sartory, before he became so commercial and boring. They're far more rare and prized by collectors, which is why I got an excellent price for it.
My current favorite violinist: Hilary Hahn
Check out Heifetz at the 5:23 mark... that's some serious spiccato!! Also, check out the spiccato from 7:33... sublime.
That is not a flying spicatto in the sense I am talking about.