An audio journey through the fascinating world of the violin family
Rosin the Bow with Joe McHugh
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An audio journey through the fascinating world of the violin family
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1/17/2019
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Recent Episodes
December 10, 2025
Bernd Müsing - Innovator of Art of Bow Making
Bernd Müsing is a German who has spent years perfecting a new design for carbon fiber violin bows. I interviewed Bernd at the annual convention of the Violin Society of America in Baltimore back in 2015. His insights into the history and physics of the violin bow, how it is constructed and used, are extraordinary. He is the founder of Arcus Bows, one of the premier makers of carbon fiber bows in the world today.
August 29, 2025
"Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle?" a short story by Joe McHugh
This is our 90th episode! and we thought we would try something different. Every five years or so over the course of nearly forty years I have written an original short story inspired by the supernatural mythology and folklore of the violin. I am happy to now announce that we have produced a unique audio collection of ten of these stories that we titled The Phantom Fiddler and Other Notable Tales. Each tales features a different reader(s) and musician(s). And here's the best part: the only way to access and enjoy this collection of stories is to make a donation to the Rosin the Bow project. You decide how much, but realize that we very much need your financial help if we hope to produce more podcast episodes, drawing upon the over fifty in-depth interviews that are already part of our archive, not to mention traveling out to record new interviews with musicians, luthiers, violin shop owners, historians, etc. You can do this by visiting our web site www(dot)rosinthebow(dot)org Then just tap the donate button and let us know that you want us to send you the link where you can stream and/or download the audio collection. It's that simple and I'm sure you'll enjoy the tales. And to give you sample, here is one of those stories. It is titled "Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle?" and was written by Joe McHugh and is read by North Carolina folksinger Joe Newberry, with music by fiddler Darol Anger. As with all our podcast episodes, it is our gift to you! www.rosinthebow.org
August 22, 2025
"Colonel" Greg Marsee - Kentucky Rosin Maker & Violin Maker & Orchestra Teacher
After conducting over 150 interviews for the Rosin the Bow project in the United States and in Europe with musicians, violin makers, composers, tone wood experts, string designers, violin shop owners, bow makers, museum curators, and others, I realized I had yet to interview a violin rosin maker. This led me to travel to Kentucky where I sat down with a man of many parts: orchestra teacher in the public schools, a violin restorer, a violin maker, and, yes, a rosin maker. Perhaps you'll learn something from our conversation about the different aspects of rosin making that you didn't know before. I can say, I sure did.
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