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The Glasser carbon fibre violin has landed! I suspect this is the first one to enter the UK.   Initial reaction: well I just wish I could still play. Simple tone, quite powerful, not too bright, I couldn't hear any overtones, this is presumably because it's carbon not wood. The body is a sort of dark brown check effect with the neck being pure black. It has a Despiau bridge, Planetary pegs, a Glasser tailpiece and Larsen strings.   The package as sold by Glasser includes a rather nice woodshell gig bag with pockets everywhere, two premium fibreglass bows, a...

I am expecting a delivery on Monday of some goodies from Glasser - their new carbon fibre violin, their latest bow, and their tailpiece which I want to try for tone against the Wittner.  I can't wait!

What with the carbonfibre violin coming soon and now another addition to the Glasser bow range, I am very glad that I was able to start dealing with Glasser again on a regular basis. Glasser's latest bow (called a hybrid) has red nylon threads woven in amongst the braided carbon fibre.  Other than that, it is the same as the BCF round stick bow with nickel mounting.  Apart from looking pretty, the effect of the nylon is to soften the bow a bit and make it suitable for those who prefer a more flexible, less stiff bow.  It will be...

I was the first UK business to bring in Glasser bows on a commercial basis. Will I be first also to bring in Glasser violins?  I suspect I might be.  We'll see. I've never tried a carbonfibre violin but I have no reason to suppose it will be anything other than good, judging by Glasser bows.  The description dealers have been given is that these will be student priced outfits.  Well, before getting too excited about that, it is worth remembering that in the USA "student" means up to $1500.  And yes these will be lower priced than that anyway!...

Well, I never was happy about giving up selling Mollenhauer recorders.  First, they are good.  Second, the instruments aimed at beginners are so good that if it had been a level playing field in terms of advertising, they would surely have been standard issue in all schools for years.  Third, recorder is after all my principle study (I have an LGSM diploma in it) and is the only instrument on which I ever taught to post Grade 8 level and had a student enter a conservatoire.  And I can get Mollenhauer recorders here from Germany in less than a week....