LEATHERWOOD Bespoke Artisanal Rosin - from Australia
Truly an artisanal product, with years of research and development.
Three flavours are readily available, ‘Crisp’ and ‘Supple’. The range is further extended with a ‘Baroque’ blend.
Alternatively a bespoke blend that caters to your specific needs is available. Speak to us if none of the readily available blends meet your specific demands.
The two main set recipes for violin viola and cello offer very distinct sound and response characteristics:
Crisp:
A decisive attack, firm traction and crisp sautille; this recipe creates an undeniably forthright sound through a glassier texture.
The crisp blend often works well with an instrument with lots of resonance but is a little ‘woolly’ in sound, offering it greater clarity and articulation. Crisp also assists bows or techniques that struggle to achieve a clear and articulate spiccato or sautille. Crisp can also assist small student or cheap instruments, by enhancing their sound to be brighter and sometimes louder; and beginning students find it easier to articulate with crisp.
Supple:
A warm and softer sound, consistent traction that feels velvety and rich; this recipe maintains a reliably sharp attack on the string.
The supple blend can help generate a more powerful and focused sound from a softer and lighter bow with less ‘bite’. Supple can also enhance the sounds of a deep / warm sounding instrument by making it sound more resonant. Supple can also ‘soften’ an instrument which is too loud, bright or one-dimensional in sound.
