STRINGS ATTACHED

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: May 20, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

By Dianne Lawson

SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Tom Goering knows a violin bow has 29 separate pieces and 120 individual pieces of horse hair - and he knows how to put them all together.

It takes Goering about 40 hours to make a bow, not counting interruptions. To put a bow together "takes good training and a lot of practice," he said.

"I have unlimited fascination with taking pieces of wood, putting them together and making something that sounds beautiful and looks beautiful," he said.

In addition to making bows for stringed instruments, Goering makes new instruments and restores instruments ...

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