Advanced operations
If you are skilled with your hands, patient, meticulous and want to learn a few simple operations of luthery, this page is for you.
I am gradually completing this series of tutorials. If you regularly check this page, you will see them appear below in the relevant chapter.
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01 - Shave your pegs
02 - Instal modern friction pegs
03 - Plug old peg holes
04 - trim a new button
05 - Reshape the finger board
06 - Make a new sound post, place it and adjust it
Complete tutorial to learn bow rehairing step by step. I‘m showing here the rehairing process using Coruss high performance synthetic hair and I explain the corresponding specificities along the process.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction, why to lear bow rehairing
02:20 - Presentation of the Coruss hair
05:31 - List of supplies and tools
06:24 - Measuring the hank section
09:20 - Removing the frog
10:00 - Removing the ferrule
14:00 - Removing the cover
14:38 - Taking the hank appart from the frog side
15:40 - Taking the hank appart from the head side
18:31 - Sizing the new hank
21:38 - Ligation at the frog side
29:03 - Fitting the new hank into the frog
35:38 - Putting the ferrule and wedge back in place
38:54 - Ligation at the head side
47:24 - Fitting the new hank into the head
50:10 - First tensioning test
51:03 - Redoing the ligation at the head side
52:29 - Second tensioning test
52:41 - Final inspection and finishing
54:33 - First rosin coating
56:10 - First musical test
56:54 - Statements about mounting Coruss hair
58:31 - Conclusion