- The other thing that I discovered
when I started building nyckelharpas
is they're played with a bow.
The bow is shorter than a violin bow
because the way the instrument is played.
I was having troubles getting bows
when I first started building instruments
so I discovered I had to make bows.
Several years ago I went to a violin-making workshop
out in New Hampshire for a week.
And I actually made a violin bow.
And learned how to do the
full standard classical French violin bow-making technique.
Then having learned how to make a violin bow,
I applied that same type of bow-making technology
to a bow that is the appropriate size and weight
to use for a nyckelharpa.
And I found there's quite a bit of interest in
these advanced nyckelharpa bows among the nyckelharpa community.