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Bow, Techniques

Fill Stick at Thumb Projection with Optical Epoxy

Posted on by Kari Azure
18
Sep

Often, a musician will wear a divot in the bow where the thumb contacts the stick. The use of the optical epoxy to fill the worn area is a noninvasive and reversible restoration and looks good as well. MATERIALS AND TOOLS -good-quality, non-stretching transparent packing tape – modelling clay or candle wax – 1 dental dappen dish – […]

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Bow, Techniques

Replacing Missing Tortoiseshell with Dyed Optical Epoxy

Posted on by Jerry Pasewicz
14
Feb

As published in the IPCI Book. The conventional manner to repair damaged tortoiseshell has been to fill the frog with small pieces of tortoiseshell cut from combs, oriental fans, or other flea-market finds and glue the pieces into place using CA glue. However, results of this time-consuming method varied and, today, tortoiseshell has become very […]

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