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Keeping your rosin in the leather wrap when not in use will largely protect it. But if it does crack, you can repair it yourself by following these instructions: How to remelt your rosin
LBR is the first rosin in the world to offer bespoke recipes, where playing characteristics such as attack, traction and texture can be altered or enhanced to suite particular playing style.
Our set recipes - supple and crisp - have specifically designed recipes for each instrument. The 'supple' violin blend, for example, is a different recipe to the 'supple' viola blend. They have the same key ingredients to offer an equivalent playing experience across instruments. As the strings differ in length, thickness and tension between instruments, then yes, rosin recipes need to be different.
Your recipe can be individualised to suit your playing needs. You have control and influence over the fine detail of how your rosin feels and sounds. Your rosin is also hand-made for you, to your specific order. This rosin is not mass-produced and sent to distributors.
Absolutely. Our recipes are fractionalised down to 2 decimal places, so specific blends are recorded in great detail. Your recipe (whether you buy a set recipe or bespoke blend) is kept in a secure database so future rosins can be made either exactly the same or re-formulated further as your playing develops.
All rosins becomes softer and stickier in hotter weather - if the ambient temperature is over 30 deg. celsius. If this happens it will become less powdery and more sticky. Ideally you would want it to cool down back to room temperature before using it. LBR doesn't go 'off' and won't lose any of its playing qualities as long as it is kept in normal temperatures.
If the bow is already rosined, normally you will only need a few strokes on the bow before a playing session (for violin, viola and cello). If used daily like this, the rosin should last between 2 and 5 years. For daily playing on double bass, we estimate 1 - 2 years for regular playing.
Yes, anyone may visit our workshop in Orange NSW and see the processes and trial a range of recipes. We will also 'pop up' at conferences and workshops offering trials as well. Our stockists carry 'tester' rosins so you can try them at your local string store.
Yes. We use reputable couriers, please see our shipping policies for shipping costs and times. PLEASE NOTE some countries may charge taxes and customs duties before releasing the rosin to you. Check with your local customs office for more information.
Your rosin is wrapped in the deer leather or 'vegan' wrap, packaged in a sturdy bubble-wrap mailing bag and then in a water-resistant courier satchel. It is then shipped using Australia post parcel post, which offers parcel tracking. You should expect to receive your rosin within 5 working days from the date of shipping. Your 'order fulfilled' email will contain your tracking number and instructions on how to track it. We also offer Express post within Australia which incurs a $3 surcharge. Simply choose this option in the checkout process.
It would be highly unlikely that a parcel gets lost, as all postal services used are tracked. If the tracking loses the item completely, then you are to launch a lost item investigation through your local postal service, using the tracking number provided. Any items that are returned to sender due to an incorrect address (written in the order) and need to be reshipped to a corrected address will incur a fee of AUD $16.95 incl GST. If we have made a mistake with the address, we will happily send you a replacement to the correct address. The original rosin is usually returned to us within a few weeks. Please keep in contact with us every step of the way so we can work through to the resolution together.
If your rosin arrives damaged from shipping, we will replace it within 30 days of you receiving it! (certain conditions apply, see our terms and conditions on our website for more information).
Yes, the rosins are 10cm long in the leather wrap, They fit comfortably in the pocket at the end of the case, or for violin / viola cases with very small pockets, they fit neatly underneath the neck of the violin.
Yes. Our specialty timber is sourced from registered timber mills in Tasmania and other parts of Australia, who are licensed to harvest and mill certain amounts. Usually source the smaller off-cuts and waste sections, as well as recycling timber such as used floorboards to make our casings. Our Premium Australian Leather is a by-product of the Australian farming industry, where a "nose to tail" approach is used for materials to make a range or artisan products. Our Pine resins come from large, long-established companies who distill resins from pine plantations for a range of industries. All materials used come from established companies who follow the appropriate protocols and meet the relevant criteria in terms of sustainability in their countries of operation.
Yes. Please contact us to ask for a linen carry pouch in place of the leather wrap.
If you have a reaction to rosin, first, stop using it and seek medical opinion. For most people, string rosin causes little or no allergic response, however a small number of people do experience some allergic reactions. As a guide, Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin is no different to other rosins in terms of allergies.
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