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Bow Repair Overview

BOW HAIR
Rehair – Proper amount of Mongolian horsehair: tied, combed and mounted in tip and frog, new plug carved if necessary.
Clean Hair – Commercial grade cleaner used to clean discolored hair that is otherwise still good.

TIP REPAIR
Broken Tip – If possible, all original pieces are glued and clamped together.
Tip Graft (including rehair) – Tip grafted with original pieces.
New Bone Tip – Bone is carved, shaped and attached with fresh glue and clamp.
Retie at Tip – Hair has come unmounted from loosened tie or missing tip block.

FROG REPAIR
Retie at Frog – Hair has worked loose from the screw or block inside the frog.
New Ferrule Wedge – Wedge is missing or broken.
Rebush ebony frog for eyelet – Eyelet hole is stripped; hole is filled with ebony and re-opened for proper eyelet fit.
New slide, mother of pearl – Damaged slide replaced.
Frog graft – Any piece is missing from the ebony main body, attach a matching wood and fix to meet the style.

SCREW AND EYELET
New screw & eyelet – Worn eyelet & screw replaced.
New eyelet – Worn or stripped eyelet replaced.

*Note: Additional charge for re-threading and regrinding if necessary.

STICK REPAIR
Recamber fine bow – Corrects the warp and returns proper curve to stick.
Crack in stick; Small crack at button; Button graft – These cracks may be small or otherwise not easily seen without careful examination, but very important to find and repair.
New leather thumbgrip – Leather padding; replaced for comfortable control when bowing.
New winding – Silver wire is standard, but there are a variety of metals and alloys available.

*Note: Additional charge for winding & thumbgrip.