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Video: Violin Bow Rehairing with Roger Foster

This video on bow rehairing was well done. It covered all the steps involved. The only thing lacking was (perhaps) more in-depth explanation on some of the steps - the "why" about what was done. In particular, on the step where the hair is "turned" to minimize longer hairs on the underside of the hair band, not much comment was made about this fact. Same thing when the step to ensure even hair tension was performed. Exactly what was being done there was not spoken about by Mr. Foster, even though it is one of the more critical steps. It is left to the viewer to figure out what he is doing when the comb is used to pull the hair tight and then the tail of the hair is tucked underneath. Other than these issues, alot can be learned from this video, and is to be recommended highly.