Free of Pain

As shown on the previous page, Arcus bows can significantly reduce ailments and discomfort caused by bow vibration - and even completely terminate them.

Free of Fatigue

For all those who regularly play many hours continuously, fatigue of the right arm is a very "normal" problem. These are mainly caused by vibrations of the bow and can result in hurting the entire upper body. It appears that this problem depends only little on the players technique and musculature. The "missing" low frequency vibrations of the Arcus bows can reduce this problem considerably or even completely.

Regularly we receive reports from musicians according to which their endurance and power of concentration during long concerts, rehearsals or recording sessions is dramatically improved.

Safe Grip / No Slip

Sometimes it gets quite hot on stage. Inevitably the hands become moist - and the secure grip of the bow is lost. The surface of many wooden bows and painted composite bows do not offer a safe grip due to their slick surface. This makes it necessary to hold the bow quite tightly, which is detrimental to the sound and reduces the endurance.

The surface of all Arcus-bows features a microscopic roughness that provides a perfectly safe grip under all circumstances.

Less Weight - Less Work

It is a quite trivial thing that with a lighter bow you have to work less to "produce" the same "quantity" of music.

With a weight reduction of 10-20% the energy needed to accelerate and stop the bow is reduced accordingly. This may not appear to be very much in theory, but makes a tremendous difference in real life.

No Stress

"The more relaxed the musician, the more enjoyable the music." (Unknown)

If you constantly have to worry about the integrity of your bow while playing in the orchestra pit, trouble with difficult technique does not let you sleep, the pianissimo never sounds good enough to satisfy the conductor, the arm is tired and the hand aches, the fortissimo lacks power and you should have a different bow for every piece - that's stress.

An Arcus bow frees you of these kinds of troubles. Its precise playing, fast response and durability deliver the maximum in safety and composure.

Which bow is the right one for me?

Where to find and try an Arcus bow.