However, they both still play traditional tunes, and several pure-tradition younger players have also acquired similar bows. He also sells the older style of bow, for silverbasharpa and kontrabasharpa. His English is excellent, and he's very friendly. These are in the non-traditional style, more like violin bows, and favored by a few of the younger generation of nyckelharpa players who are willing to spend the money to get a really nice bow. He plays with Bruce Sagan .
Plays guitar, banjo, etc.
He's a bow-maker who made a nyckelharpa bow for Johan Hedin in about 1994. As it turns out, he doesn't use this bow much anymore, as it turned out a little too stiff for his taste. The new bow is far livelier. Laminated bows now feel very much dampened by comparison. After a while, my bowing improved noticeably.