Bow Hair Care Tips
Maintaining proper bow hair is as easy as 1, 2, 3
The everyday basics of bow care could be reduced to three simple rules: be careful where you set it down, keep it clean, and loosen the hair when you’re not playing. Developing good bow-care habits, plus an occasional examination for wear and tear, should keep your stick in good working order for a long time. Don’t overlook hair care. When tightening and loosening the bowhair, hold the bow with your thumb firmly across the pearl slide while turning the button. This hold reinforces the proper relationship between the frog and stick, reducing wear on the eyelet and the stick.
Simply put, the bow is a stick that holds hair under tension. If you look at the bow from the side, you see a long, gradual curve with the low point roughly near the middle and the high point being the head and frog at each end. That curve is ...
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