Pirastro Tonica Rosin

• Since the emergence of bows for stringed instruments between the 10th and and 12. In the 19th century in the Near East, attempts were made to improve the adhesion of the bows to the strings by roughening and notching the initial plucking and rubbing rod and later by rubbing resin into the hair of the bow. The rosin got its name from the place Kolophon, located north of Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, where bow resin was produced on a larger scale, as it is handed down in old documents. The natural resin is obtained today, as in Allen times, by cutting the trunks of pine, fir and spruce in spring and harvesting the resin in autumn. From this raw material, a balsam-like mass, turpentine oil is obtained by distillation. The remaining residues - resin, acids and water - are heated in open kettl.
• Item location: Bretzenheim, DE

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• Das Naturharz wird auch heute wie zu allen Zeiten durch Anritzen des Stamms der Kiefer, Tanne und Fichte im Frühjahr und dem Ernten des Harzes im Herbst gewonnen. Aus diesem Rohstoff, einer balsamartigen Masse, wird durch Destillation Terpentinöl gewonnen.
• Item location: Bretzenheim, DE

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• NEW Pirastro TONICA rosin for violin or viola. Well suited Pirastro “Tonica” Strings. The rosin sits on a white satin like cloth for easy application.
• Item location: Melbourne, AU

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