Col Legno Standard Violin Bow
By Col Legno
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Purchase options
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Full size
14
in stock
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£144.00 | |
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3/4 size
5
in stock
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£120.00 |
Description
The Col Legno Standard is our best selling bow in this price range. Ideal for students to Grade 8. Carbon fibre stick with excellent balance. Excellent playing qualities and easy control. Rehair in the traditional manner.
Unless stated otherwise all our bows are supplied with a starter coat of premium quality TSZ Corde dell'arco rosin. Good, fresh rosin is essential to obtain the best performance from any bow.
Specifications
- Fully mounted nickel silver & ebony frog with Parisian eye.
- Nickel silver lapping and leather thumb-grip.
- Black carbon fibre stick.
- Natural horsehair.
- Quoted weight for full size model.
- Weight: 60 grams
Customer reviews:
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Beginner
Worth the wait.
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6
found the following review helpful
Pros: I bought this bow for my daughter as her old one was not particularly good. She loves her new bow and it has inspired her to keep practising. It really makes a difference to the sound and we are all enjoying the benefits.
Cons: .
Other: I spent quite a lot of time reading reviews from people who seemed to know what they are talking about and chose this bow on the strength of those reviews. It was out of stock but I asked to be notified when it was back in stock and then bought it. The Stringzone were quick and efficient.
Keen Amateur
Well worth the cost
1
out of
1
found the following review helpful
Pros: Well balanced and makes my playing sound noticeably better. The first carbon fibre bow I've used, and significantly better than my similarly priced wooden one.
Cons: Being black it looks slightly odd paired with my 280 yr old brown wooden instrument, but I couldn't see a brown option! The bow came ready-primed with a very low load of rosin, so needed playing in for a short time (under an hour) with additional rosin added until sound was uniform.
Keen Amateur
Well worth it.
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out of
1
found the following review helpful
Pros: Made my playing sound much better!! Delighted! Never considered a three quarter bow before and it’s much better for me as I’m quite small. Never occurred to me to try it. Thanks to a blog related to your website I tried it and I’m very very pleased.
Cons: It looks quite ordinary for something that’s proved quite magical
Keen Amateur
A great student bow and superb value for money.
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found the following review helpful
Pros: I’m returning to the violin after the best part of 40 years layoff. My grade 8 from 1981 is now a mediocre grade 5 at best, but this bow has made even me sound good. Excellent balance and and easy to control but also bounces in a nice predictable way for spiccato etc. The tone is strong and even, especially when wound up to the upper end of the recommended tension range. Pleasantly surprised at how good it is for the money. Recommended!
Cons: Some of the finish around the frog and tip is a bit sketchy.
Other: Great service and a very reasonable price from The String Zone
Keen Amateur
Keen Amateur
Superb bow for folk fiddling.
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5
found the following review helpful
Pros: I read several reviews about the Col Legno bow before buying, all positive but I tried another more expensive one out (Orchestra carbon fibre) and didn't like it so I finally bought this one. I also wanted a 3/4 size bow to travel with. I thought it would be a nice second bow but to be honest I can't put it down! It's brilliant for folk fiddling, simple tunes that I usually play. It's got a great balance and response and you can spiccato really neatly with it too. At this rate my much more expensive ipe wood normal bow isn't going to see much use.
Cons: None to mention.
Other: Great service, really fast despatch and nicely packed in a tube
Grade 8+
Beginner
Good bow and speedy delivery
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out of
3
found the following review helpful
Pros: Far better bow than the one that came with my Stenter Student 2 package. Well balanced and not too scratchy.Very pleased.
Cons: Nothing. Not quite sure how far to tighten it. It doesn't have the same gap as my original bow?
Keen Amateur
Beginner
