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Arco Clip Hook - Bow Hook for Stand or Belt

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  • Arco Clip Hook - Bow Hook for Stand or Belt
  • Arco Clip Hook - Bow Hook for Stand or Belt, holding bow on belt clip
  • Arco Clip Hook - Bow Hook for Stand or Belt, holding bow on music stand
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Description

I have a couple different hooks, as well as a leather quiver, for holding a bow when you're not using it. This should be a sign: you should Never just lay your bow on the lip of your music stand.

Unfortunately, I take several calls a month for people who need a new bow because theirs crashed to the floor during a rehearsal. A cracked tip or broken bow is an avoidable heartache.

This clip is much safer means for securely keeping your bow safely within reach. And this little guy is small enough to fit in any gig bag pocket.

This well-designed, time-tested product is created and hand-built by Steve Berry of Great Britain, and is now exclusively available at Gollihur Music. Its clever design allows you to safely hook a bow on your music stand, or your belt or pocket edge, to prevent it from falling to the floor and being damaged. This small, lightweight hook has a strong spring, and a "rubberized" hook on a swiveling-mount, for flexible use options. It clips to most standard portable and rehearsal music stands that have a metal lip -- as well as many plastic-lipped stands that are thinner than your fingertip -- and gives you a confident place to securely put your bow down. When the rehearsal's over, just slide it off and put it in the bag pocket along with your music books.

But if you're playing in a more contemporary setting, without a music stand, you can put it on your belt, or partially into your pocket, and draw your bow like a sword anytime you need it. Useful!

Individually hand assembled, the arco clip hook brings an elegant and ingenious solution to the age old problem of the bow's safe and secure storage during prolonged pizzicato passages, one which also affords quick and convenient resumption of arco playing.

We stock the most current version. The hip alternative to in-performance bow storage for the bassist has updated materials and manufacture processes. Starting with two pre-made components (the hook and the spring-loaded clip), each Arco Clip Hook is then individually hand-assembled with great care.

Product Manual

Need to figure out some of the more in-depth features of this product? Here's a copy of the manual, in PDF format, here.

You may wish to visit the manufacturer's website to see if a more recent version is available.

 

 

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7 Reviews

  • 3

    My bow broke

    Posted by Paul Schopf on Jun 25th 2024

    I have loved this bow hook for many years. Just the other day at a concert, I went to get my MarcoRaposo bow off the hook and I slipped and it fell to a carpeted floor and split! It never occurred to me that with the tension of the bow, a fall to the floor tip first could add just enough force to break the bow. I would not hesitate to use it with a less expensive bow, but this accident means that I won't be using it any more. That's too bad... It was far more convenient than trying to fight for space on my music stand. I had loved it for all this time.

  • 5

    Use to hook to Music Stand or NS Endpin Stand

    Posted by Fred Aron on Jul 14th 2023

    I absolutely love this little thing...for years I have used it to hang my bow from my mic stand or music stand...and now from my NS endpin stand, which is beyond fantastic...the bow just hangs there in very close reach. I feels like it could break if a little kid got a hold of it, but so far no issues.

  • 5

    A very handy device

    Posted by Dave Shepherd on Jan 26th 2021

    This cool little hook stays attached to my music stand at home while I'm practicing and also when I'm on a gig. I use a bow quiver for quick access in the middle of a song or between songs. But when there's a break or the gig is over, and I have to set the bass down on its side, I don't leave the bow in the quiver. Instead, I hang it on the hook. Simple but ingenious.

  • 5

    great, simple design

    Posted by ethan on Sep 12th 2020

    It is a hook on a hinge attached to a clip. The clip allows you to attach the hook to anything -- belt, pocket, music stand lip, table, etc. The hinge allows the hook to remain in the vertical position even when the clip is in the horizontal position. It keeps your bow at the ready. If you are in need of more protection while on stage, use a holster or quiver. Also, this is an all-plastic affair. That means it is very lightweight. It will withstand some abuse, but won't survive being stepped on or a really hard knock with weight and force behind it. It moves well with small bumps.

  • 5

    I liked it so well I bought two

    Posted by David T. on Aug 24th 2017

    I leave one on my studio stand and one for my gig bag. You seem to locate and sell useful things for the bass. Thanks.

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