A dial gauge against a clamped stick: the method behind most of the numbers quoted about bows.
Section 4 of 5
Measurements: The numbers, the methods that produced them, and where the studies stop.
The material science of pernambuco — density, modulus of elasticity, damping — and what the published mechanical tests reveal about why no substitute has displaced it.
Start hereWhy This Particular Wood Does What No Other Wood Does
Density, modulus and internal damping in one piece of wood. No substitute has matched the combination.
Carbon Fibre: What the Tests Show, and What They Do Not
Composite sticks copy the gross dimensions. The published tests agree on stiffness and part company on response.
How a Bow Is Tested: the Published Methods
A dial gauge against a clamped stick: the method behind most of the numbers quoted about bows.
After Ivory and Tortoiseshell: What the Frog Is Made From Now
Tortoiseshell inlay on a nineteenth-century frog — a material the trade can no longer legally work.