"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
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Proctologically Violated©® wrote:

Nice knob handle.
But if weight is such a factor, why not eliminate most of the OD
altogether, and provide turning torque like a wingnut, with two ears at
the end?
Less elegant, f'sure, but also much lighter. And not as easy to make.

Looks are an issue. My customer says his bow maker pronounced the finned
knob the biggest advance in asthetics in 200 years. I found that very hard
to believe myself though he assures me that in instruments, change comes
slowly. But I did something right, there's people wanting to buy just the
knob/screw for their existing bows, they might well end up being a
separate product in and of themselves.

That's always a good idea.



How much of the $3995 is for your knob?

Not much, but enough... G My Omni-turn really whips those things right
out. Takes longer to modify the screws. What I wish I had right now is a
Fanuc Robodrill or similar for the frog adapters. I could really go to
town on those things with a 10k spindle....

I noticed the bow hairs are attached directly to the board. DAT seems like
a mechanically dicey proposition unto itself. Not as much tension as on the
violin strings themselves, but must be some.

The musical equivalent of a heart-rate monitor, eh?

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PV'd




Jon