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■高価なバイオリン弓の毛張替え
インドから来日したＢＣＯ（Bombay Chamber Orchertra)のジニー先生が毛の張替えのためにインドからバイオリンの弓を日本持って来られました。バイオリン修理業者を探して「毛の張替え」を頼まれたので、今日文京区春日にある文京楽器さんに行ってきました。この楽器店は前の職場の近くにあって、いつもショーウインドーの素晴らしい楽器を眺めていたのでした。今回その記憶があったのでお願いしたのですが、移転していて移転先を捜すのに苦労しました。（詳しくは後述）
ジニー先生のバイオリンボーについて調べたことを記載しておきます。
バイオリン弓（A）
W.E.Hill & Sons (From Wikipedia)
W. E. Hill & Sons (1887–1992) was a London-based firm, that specialized in violins and other string instruments, and bows. It was also known as William Hill & Sons or William E. Hill & Sons.
Founded by William Ebsworth Hill at 38 New Bond Street, London in 1887, the name W. E. Hill & Sons built on a long family history of violin making going back to William Ebsworth's great grandfather, Joseph Hill. The firm soon gained a widespread reputation for excellence in repairs, making of instruments, bows, cases and fittings as well as instrument identification and authentication. A "Hill's" Certificate of Authenticity was considered definitive worldwide throughout the firm's history.
Many fine craftsmen worked for the firm. They were particularly famous for their bow makers. For much of the 20th century, the Hill workshop employed England’s best bow makers, who created bows renowned for character and consistency. Hill violins, cellos and cases are also highly regarded. Their other famous products included varnish cleaner, violin e-strings, and books about violin making families. Many famous stringed instruments passed through Hill & Sons, including the Alard Stradivarius, the Messiah Stradivarius, and the Lipinski Stradivarius. W. E. Hill and Sons ceased operation in 1992.
ジニー先生は１８歳でイギリスに留学し、７年間音楽を学んでインドに帰国しＢＣＯの活動を始められました。ジニー先生はロンドンで楽器等を大量の購入して帰られたようです。多分このヒルの弓もその中のひとつだと思います。ジニー先生のムンバイのレッスン室にはバイオリン弓の他に「ヒルのチェロ弓」がありました。ジニー先生の自慢の一品で宝物のような大切にしていました。今その弓はドュッシー先生が気に入って使っているとのことです。ヒルの弓は見かけは非常に繊細です。スティックの部分の木はかなり細く仕上げられています。それでいて弦に吸い付くような感触を出すのでしょうね。
バイオリン弓（B)
PAUL WEIDHAAS Bow (Finkelのホームページより）
A workshop with a long tradition
The tradition of the Finkel-Weidhaas bows started in the 19th century with Ewald Weidhaas (1869 – 1939). Weidhaas manufactured his bows in the city of Markneukirchen. We know less about him than about his son Paul (1894 – 1962). Paul worked for V.Fetique in Paris, in Leipzig with L.C.A Bausch and M醇rller in Amsterdam. He took over his fathers wokshop (Ewald's). Shortly after the end of World war II his daughter Hanna Weidhaas fell in love with Siegfried Finkel (1927 – 2010). Siegfried started an apprenticeship with his father-in-law. When communism begun in Markneukirchen Siegfried Finkel moved due to the advice of his father-in-law with his wife and their son Johannes (1947) to Brienz /Switzerland, where he started his own business (1952).
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