<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Zeno,<br> <br> For plain wire, we use bows made by fishing line coursed back and forth between two large paper clips. taped at each end for tidy-ness (a word?).  And rosin.  For wound strings, we use caution tape ("Police line-do not cross", etc.).  <br> <br> And I want to second the notion that it takes very little by way of contamination to ruin a wound string.<br> <br> Hope that helps..let us know what you come up with.<br> <br> Alan Eder<br> <br> P. S. Is the composer in question Stephen Scott?<br> <br> ae<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood@gmail.com><br> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 8:04 pm<br> Subject: [CAUT] Bowing piano strings?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_376dc8bc-a8d6-45b3-ab34-7cccd036b415" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Anyone have any thoughts on bowing piano strings? It's for the<br> contemporary music ensemble, can't remember the composer right now.<br> The piano strings would be sounded with string/horse hair held in both<br> hands and shoe-shined, kinda like dental floss. The performers are<br> trying to figure out what material to use for this. I think that<br> rosin is probably not too good for bass strings, what do you think?<br> Is there some kind of material that would have the necessary "grab" to<br> put the string into motion without rosin?<br> <br> Thanks,<br> Zeno Wood<br> Brooklyn College<br> </tt></pre> </div>  <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target="_blank">AOL Mail</a>!<br/> </div>