Hello everyone

Please have a look at the new bow I have developed. It is very similar to a baroque bow but much more functional for the modern player. It is super fun to play!

The website is here https://www.polycordebow.com/

and there are some instructional demonstrations here feature=youtu.be

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This in no way replaces the modern Tourte bow. Consider how a percussionist can have many mallets for the same drum or why tradesmen have more than one tool. This bow enables a string player to apply additional harmonies to their melody or to accompany other musicians in a chordal and harmonically contributory capacity.

When I play gigs I rest it on my lap and swap from regular bow to Polycorde bow when appropriate if needed, it generally takes a beat or two to swap if you are fast and use both hands and unless you are playing something very technical you can generally do most basic melodies on the Polycorde Bow.

Bespoke innovative 17th centuary style bow made for the modern player. Handmade in Snakewood by world class Tasmanian Archetier Philip Smith with a choice of bowhairs (regular, coruss, black, salt and pepper). Viola, Cello and Double Bass models are in development and further modification is available by request.