Evoking a bold and bright sound, the Sound Choice Deluxe bow supports advancing intermediate musicians in developing their technical skill.  A delight to play, the bow is extremely responsive, supple and sits well in the hand, yielding a full response from the very first stroke of the string.  The stick possesses a great deal of flexibility, whilst retaining a sturdy stability supporting the execution of advanced technical passages.  Its stability paired with its responsiveness allow the bow to bounce in a lively yet tempered manner.  An example of exemplary craftsmanship from the highly skilled luthiers at Maestro Archetier, the bow-making atelier of critically acclaimed master bow maker Ma-Rong-Di,  the Deluxe bow is sold at an incredibly modest price considering its quality and would make a perfect companion to any student seeking to study more challenging repertoire up to grade 5/6 level.

The Deluxe bow’s stick is embellished with a weave style finish and is available either in rich brown or classic grey.

Coruss

Each Sound Choice bow is strung with our synthetic hair of choice, Coruss. Coruss is a superior quality synthetic hair, that rivals or surpasses horse hair in parameters of performance and durability, and no horses have been harmed during its production.

Read more about Coruss here

Rosin

The surface of horse hair is barbed; when horse hair makes contact with an instrument’s strings, there is significant friction, which generates sound.  The surface of Coruss synthetic hair is extremely smooth, consequently, it requires a far stickier rosin than horse hair in order to generate sound.  Prior to Coruss developing Coruss rosin, we recommended customers use a base layer of Pops rosin, followed by Evah Pirazzi rosin.   Now we recommend all Coruss customers use Coruss rosin;  it sticks to the hair quickly, and produces a pure sound.

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Is the Sound Choice Deluxe bow available to order with coloured Coruss?

As white Coruss  is the most popular colour amongst our customers, we currently only stock Supreme bows strung with white hair. The Supreme bow can be strung with any coloured Coruss, though, and we can rehair the bow with your colour of choice prior to sending it to you.  However, we generally encourage  our customers to  avoid waste by waiting until they need to replace the white Coruss. It saves them the price of a rehair and reduces waste.

Sometimes people like to order a hank of coloured Coruss at the same time as a bow so that they have it available to have it rehaired locally whenever they need to. At Cardiff Violins, we have rehaired over 200 bows with Coruss and you can certainly send us your bow to do it (not all bow carers know how to rehair with Coruss).

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