my leather "grip" that sits near the silver has come loose and now skates up and down the bow. the silver is glued to the bow so it hasnt moved, but
i played my teacher's bow which has the surgical tubing on it and i liked it, so i want to put tubing on my bow. the tubing seems to go where the leather
would go, so either the tubing could enclose the leather, or i suppose i could just do without the leather if i have the surgical tubing. the nearest luthier
is about an hour each way and id rather not part with my bow and make 2 roundtrips for this if i can just get the tubing (any online sources?) and do it
myself.
so i was wondering whether getting the tubing on the bow is something that a person with no experience with doing anything with the bow can do? do i just unscrew the back and then detach the frog? how do you make the tubing slide on and then get it firmly gripping the bow? is it worth taking to the luthier to have done right? (the bow is just a bottom-tier student bow, although id rather take it to the luthier than damage it.)
so i was wondering whether getting the tubing on the bow is something that a person with no experience with doing anything with the bow can do? do i just unscrew the back and then detach the frog? how do you make the tubing slide on and then get it firmly gripping the bow? is it worth taking to the luthier to have done right? (the bow is just a bottom-tier student bow, although id rather take it to the luthier than damage it.)
but you're kind of answering your own question by rather taking it to a luthier instead of damaging it.
