Violadamore

So, if Cannabis sativa, Papaver somniferum, and Erythroxylum coca were all placed in CITES I, the entire illegal drug problem, cartels and all, would magically go away?

IMHO, this. I'd touch up to match color, rather than baking it, and try to match the grain lines. You're going to have to R & R the bass bar and cleat (or patch) the crack first as well.

Oooooh, now that's quotable. Reminds us that luthiery is one of the professions that's older than the Pyramids. Yes. My experience is that neck resets (which sometimes only get done following a catastrophic separation of neck from body during playing), especially because they require a complete setup afterwards, are unpredictable in their results. OTOH, they are unavoidable, so you live with this, and adapt your playing to any changes. Ever consider how many neck resets a genuine Strad or GDG (or any other 17th-18th century violin) must have had? Players still lust for them. Your violin should be just fine.

Nope, the picture plainly shows violin or viola bows. They certainly aren't metal sword blades. Trust me on this, if anyone here knows the difference, I do. Also, based on my recent airport experiences, the scene is far too empty of people and luggage (also too darned clean), to be real.

That has me wondering if you got shipped a box that was filled wrong. Have you complained to the seller, yet? I hope you bought it through a venue with buyer protection. High Plains has a phone number, so you can ask questions before you buy.

It's faster and easier on bandwidth (both your brain's and your network's) to pause the video, pull up the transcript, and feed it to Google translate (Portuguese-Brazilian to whatever you're reading in) in 26 minute chunks to skim for the facts you're looking for. Some knowledge of the language will help with correcting verbal-to-print spelling errors and connotational or wrong definition mistranslations on the fly while you're reading. The bottom line is that Brazilian bowmaking, despite Brazil being the source of Pernambuco, was built, by people like Renato who'd traveled abroad and brought back the technical and business expertise, from basically nothing over the last 50+ years. The video has many very illuminating anecdotes that illustrate the process.

Thanks, Manfio. Here's some fossilized threads that preserve some useful tidbits about the development of Brazilian bowmaking as seen from the outside: https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/105669-john-brasil-bow/ https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/113740-anyone-have-experience-with-brazillian-bows/ https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/315009-brazilian-bows/ https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/8568-questions-about-brazilian-made-bows/ https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/11877-need-some-help-on-4-bows-i-am-currently-trying-out/ http://www.smithbassforums.com//showthread.php?t=176 https://cellomuseum.org/the-bow-part-six-bow-making-in-the-americas/

How about this? https://www.highplainsprospectors.com/products/alcohol-lamp-burner-glass-spirit-lamp-with-3-16-adjustable-wick-1-extra-wick-emergency-lamp

True, but I've noticed that while answering recurrent questions on Mnet (e.g., "attic Strad" posts), one can step in the same substance over and over again.

Keep notes, review old threads, stuff like that. I often go read my old postings when answering recurrent questions, because there's no point in "reinventing the wheel".

".........of course it's carbon, but there's a tariff on bringing that in."

So it's always been. In a quote often attributed to Mark Twain (but actually by Gideon Tucker), "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session."

I'm taking really good care of the Pernambuco bows I've got. I'm already darned cautious about traveling with my instruments.

IMHO, repeated reheating (especially in a microwave) will damage the glue proteins if you do it several times, and mold is a danger if it stays moist for long, but I've had few problems with rehydrating and reheating thoroughly dried out hide glue, say 4 times or so. I've got lots on hand, so making fresh isn't a problem for me. Shelf life of the new granules, kept dry in a well sealed glass jar, seems to be indefinite.

"What you see................" https://www.violinist.com/discussion/archive/11304/ https://thedirectory.thestrad.com/servicescourses/stringservices/horst-john-cia-ltda/ https://larchetbrasil.com/ https://arcosbrasil.com/ It appears to me that prior to the 1970's, there was the Brazilian domestic trade referenced by @stern, but in the late 20th. century, a line of descent leading from Horst John to Arcos and Larchet sprang up, and is currently most of what's going on in Brazilian bowmaking, as far as sales goes. Since the 1990's, some Brazilian makers working with or for those companies went to France to study bowmaking, but all the evidence I can find for Brazilian bowmaking history is anecdotal, and scattered through bow company and violin shop advertising, along with a few online forum threads. You may have just set yourself up as the founder of Brazilian bowmaking documentation. Maybe @MANFIO knows something that he could share about it?