Horsehair varies remarkably, depending on climate and treatment. A good quality product does make a difference. Horsehair from animals with healthy diets that live in northern climates tends to be stronger.
Other factors that affect quality are consistency and color. Both players and bow makers value straight hair. Many bow rehair techs prefer a white hair, particularly for violins and violas, because hair of this color is usually finer in texture.
Manchurian LIVE is the only hair on the market from living horses. Bow Hair for Vegans! Customers are concerned that bow hair is a by-product of the slaughterhouse industry! Now there is a bow hair for everyone.
TwoTree International recently received a shipment of new horse tail hair. Ask your Account Executive for details
If you are looking for the highest quality bow hair in the world, you have come to the source.
Our Bow Hair is the best in the world, in part because we control the whole process - from the animal itself to the drawing and sorting, to you our customer, in part because we have dedicated ourselves to sourcing the highest quality raw materials in person - and not through an agent.
We take the notion of respect seriously. Respect for the animals who gave of their bodies for beautiful music in the world, respect for the workers and craftspeople who labored to prepare the hair in the best way possible, respect for the craftsmen and women who work with the hair in our industry, providing an important service, and respect for the musicians who put bow to string and pull forth tones most lovely and respectable of all! And it is out of respect for this process, that we do not offer samples of our horse tail hair.
We do, however, offer a 100% unconditional guarantee, that if for any reason our customers are dissatisfied with the horse hair we sell, they may return the product for full credit.
Our
bow hair is
the best in the world, but you don't have to take our word for it.
Here's a short list of some of our customers:
Resonance Violins
Rick Rigall, Wm Moening & Sons
Fred Carpenter, The Violin Shop
Trent Rafk, Amati Violins
George Rubino, Bow Maker,
Benoit Rolland, Bow maker,
John Montgomery, John Montgomery Violins,
Serge Sioufi, Bow maker,
Matthew Wehling, Bow maker,
Steve Perry, Gianna Violins,
Pier Bergeron,
George Heinl & Sons,
Nicholas Caraccio, Bow maker,
Jon Vanderhorst,
Brad Dorsey,
Isaac Salchow, Salchow & Sons
Ted Herbert's Music,
Renaissance Strings,
Collins Violin Bows,
Bridgewood & Neitzert,
Schonau & Tardif Luthiers, Inc.,
Arte - Suibumn Leigh,
Frank's Violins,
Lynn Hannings, Bow Maker
Rick Molzer, Bow Maker