The violin bow has long been a fascination for guitar players. It was Eddie Philips of the Creation who started it all, before Jimmy Page made it a cultural totem. Now there is a bow that you can buy ...

The bow is a rotating cylinder with 1300 horsehairs. To get the sound of a single violin, it actually uses three of them. Rather than the bow being moved to press against the strings, the violins ...

STEFAN JACKIW: I, you know, walk out on stage in the evening with my violin and my bow. And I've been playing on this bow for about 20 years. I got it in my late teens, and I've played ...

Violin bows are far more complex than they appear ... Narrator: Every small alteration by the bow maker, from carving the head of the stick to tweaking the curve of the bow, determines how ...

APPRAISER: And it's mounted in sterling silver. And the bow would have been made around the same time as the violin, right around 1915-1917. It doesn't have the maker's name on it, but it's an ...