page_title: Curved bow
section_title: Curved bow players
hierarchical_section_title: Curved bow / Curved bow players
caption_attribution_description: English: Curved bow of Rolph Schroeder
context_page_description: The curved bow for string instruments enables string players to control the tension of the bow hair in order to play one, two, three and four strings simultaneously and to change easily among these possibilities. The high arch of the bow allows full, sustained chords to be played and there is a lever mechanism that affects the tension and release of the bow hair. The stick of the curved bow is bent upwards and forms a circle segment. Since the four strings of a string instrument are arranged on a curved bridge, the bow hairs must be loosened so that they can reach all three or four strings. Currently used bow sticks are slightly bent in the other direction, that is it is only possible to play two strings at a time and, for a short time with a lot of bow pressure, three strings simultaneously.
context_section_description: Herman Berkowski, Rolph Schroeder (1900–1980), Emil Telmányi (1892–1988), Georges Frey (1890–1975), Roman Totenberg (1911–2012), Otto Büchner (1924–2008), Tossy Spivakovsky (1906–1998), Rudolf Gaehler (b. 1941), Hartmut Lindemann, Reinhold Dolin (1938–2006), Klaus der Geiger (b. 1940), Michael Bach (b. 1958), Mstislav Rostropovitch (1927–2007), Philippe Borer, Burkard Weber (b. 1969), Noah Sorota, Hitoshi Ando, Alexander Waterman (b. 1975), Monica Germino, Nikos Veliotis (b. 1970), Sue Schlotte (b. 1967), Gustav Rivinius (b. 1965), Anton Lukoszevieze (b. 1965), Carlos Zingaro (b. 1948), Ernesto Rodrigues (b. 1959), Guilherme Rodrigues (b. 1988), Bill Robinson (b. 1955), Ted Mook (b. 1953), 12 Cellisten Tübingen, Torsten Harder (b. 1965), Oliver Coates, Brice Catherin (b. 1981), Tomoki Tai, Nora Krahl, Marei Seuthe, Tanja Orning, Dorsten Klauke, Jennifer Bewerse, Andrew Phillips, Maresuke Okamoto, Sonja Schebeck, Maya Fridman, Vid Veljak, Sam Sweeney (b. 1989), Sara Cubarsi, Kyle Armbrust, Killick Erik Hinds, Kei Yamazawa, Jaron Lanier (1960).
caption: Curved bow of Rolph Schroeder
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