Also called: Archetier, Bow Rehairer
Makes and repairs bows for violins, violas and cellos, including replacing the horsehair.
You carve a new bow stick from Brazilian pernambuco wood, heating and bending it to the perfect curve. Most days, though, you rehair bows for local orchestra players, combing out and tying hanks of horsehair.
Estimated; top bow makers sell bows for thousands of dollars.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 3 years after high school. Apprenticeship with a bow maker or a violin-making school.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Violin Making (trade school).
Growing about average. Tiny niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Carving and rehairing bows by hand for string players is rare craft that AI can't do.
Classes: Music, Woodshop, Art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9063.
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