Cello Bows and Strings

[@CelloBassett]

Can’t wait to try some of these! Thanks for this nice informative video!

[@BogenmacherD]

I have just watched some of your videos - amazing stuff! And yes, you should most certainly get some Arcus bows and have fun with them I think that for your playing and your instrument the S-series will be ideal.

[@phantom66cyberwolf]

Thank you so much for this video, really interesting and informative.

[@BogenmacherD]

And thank you for watching and liking it. :)

[@mariehart4294]

Fascinating video, thank you so much!

[@dejanteo]

Not only a great video, but such positive energy and attitude! Wonderful video. Hope that one day I will have the chance to try or even have a Arcus or a Muesing bow.

[@BogenmacherD]

Hello Dejan, thanks for the praise. By all means, do get out and about and see how you can lay your hands of some of my babies. I promise you will have a lot of fun with them.

[@aristideduplessis8151]

Thank you for explaining everything in depth, Herr Müsing! Much better than "some OTHER" bow companies who just say on their website how amazing everything is without any specifics - I'm convinced and I want to probably get one of the Müsings or an S series (I have a very strong Vuillaume/Blanchard school cello, but "more is more" 😉😉 I remember once playing with a Violinist from Suisse Romand Orchester - Jonas Erni, who SWORE by his Arcus. I think he now went to Luzerne. LG!

[@BogenmacherD]

Hello Aristide, I just started your video of the Rachmaninov Sonata, and after the first two tones I knew that an S-series bow would be just the perfect match. The Müsig bows are great for your students, I promise, as they allow a very natural playing, but you certainly want an Arcus for all its potential and possibilities. You cello is really full and warm sounding, which is wonderful, but a little extra brilliance would certainly do no harm. :)

[@aristideduplessis8151]

@@BogenmacherD I agree. I'd have to think very carefully because I'm on a "budget" (wechselkurs😉) - but at the same time I respect and understand your explanation that the price of an Arcus ultimately cannot be lower.

[@BogenmacherD]

@@aristideduplessis8151 there are many professional players that are very happy with their 6-class Arcus bows. They are a match to the finest pernambuco bows costing at least 10 times as much and offer power, precision, agility and comfort like no other bows. If they would suit your budget, 2.400 €, why not given them a try? You can still upgrade to a higher level Arcus bow after many years, no problem.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I use Helicore Strings which all have a Steel Rope Core to make bowing on the Cello easier.

[@truth7416]

Awesome information. How about a workshop factory tour? It would be really interesting!

[@BogenmacherD]

I'm sure those guys who are trying to copy our bows for so many years now would love that. I'm afraid we can't do that. Over these past 21 years we have developed so many special tools and methods to constantly improve our bows and it has cost us not only lots of money, but blood sweat and tears, so we're not giving that away for free, sorry.

[@Rosspiscitello]

@@BogenmacherD If they could so easily copy your bows from a factory tour, then they would already be able to copy it just by looking at/buying one of your bows.

[@BogenmacherD]

@@Rosspiscitello You have obviously never had any business regarding production, right?

[@Rosspiscitello]

@@BogenmacherD No, but I do not need any sort of experience to know that if people were so desperate to copy your bows that they would use a youtube factory tour then they would save themselves some effort or the trouble and buy a bow and take it to an expert in the field. If that were the actual case then you wouldn't see all the videos showing how to craft a bow or instrument.

[@BogenmacherD]

@@Rosspiscitello Making a wooden bow is actually rather simple when it comes to the technology, machinery and tools. The "secrets" about making high quality wooden bows is finding really good wood and determining the design that brings the best from every single piece of wood. It's also very much the question which compromises you choose. With a factory tour we would not give away our knowledge regarding the physics of the bows and the composition of materials that we use, but it has been many years of research and development in the production technology and craftsmanship to be able to actually make our bows as nice as they are now. Try to get a factory tour at Pirastro or Thomastik Infeld, or maybe Apple or Rolex. That said, there are high-tech companies that offer factory tours, but be assured, you will not see those parts where the high-tech actually happens. All you will see is where they do the "normal" stuff, like assembly, painting or packing. We could do that, but I think we can do a lot more interesting videos before that.

[@eemelimannisto6218]

Intriguing information! Looking forward for a video about double basses and Arcus bass bows :)

[@ARCUSMuesing]

Thanks! That's actually a really good idea. We will try to do one in the future...

[@ARCUSMuesing]

We finally managed to shoot a video about our bass bows, it's only in German for now but we'll do the English one probably next week. It was sooooo interesting to hear the difference the Arcus bows make on a doublebass - they literally make the bass sing, it's just amazing!

[@BogenmacherD]

Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jajGaqeDj8x-rM0

[@nickarran5221]

I have four 'cello bows for trial at the moment; two of them Arcus (T4 and M4). The T3 feels wonderful, so light and easy to play, fantastic for Bach 'cello suites; but then pick up the M4 and play some Brahms ... Hard to choose, but I think it will be an Arcus bow not one of the similarly priced wooden bows - they have perhaps more "character" but it's the character of the 'cello and the music I want to hear. Thanks for all the information.

[@BogenmacherD]

Hello Nick, yes, that's absolutely one of the issues that I have had with my wooden bows before I began developing these: They all had their own very special character which I had to take in account in whatever I meant to play or sound like. I think a bow should follow the hand and the intention of the player, not the other way round.