JAVS Fall 2005

. lS NEW BERG VIOLA BOW always in the best of hands

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offering violists custom crafted bows in a wide rang e of weights and selection of beautiful mountings: • snakewood

tlware of the Berg t'iolin and cello bows in the mid-1990's I hat'e been pressuring

Michael Duff to produce such a viola bow. It l1as been worth the wait.' The new Berg viola bows are just what the doctor ordered. Rarely have 1 bad the goodfortune to play a bow that 11irtually has it

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all... and this is it. How unique it is to have a stick be warm and semitive at one moment and powe1jul and articulate the next. Not to mention its a./Jordability. I am truly looking forward to years of camaraderie with my new Berg bow and plan to encourage my students and co lleagues to give the Berg bow serio us consideration as well. "

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Alan de Veritcb Professor ofMusic, Indiana University Past President, American Viola Society

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