June 8, 2007
Reprieve for the bows
A welcome bit of sanity:
Top-flight violinists will be able to travel unhindered by endangered species restrictions after a compromise was reached on the wood in their bows.From the BBC. Too often well-meaning legislators have passed laws banning one material or another without any provision for special cases -- most notably, antiques.Professionals frequently use bows made from the pau brasil tree.
The CITES meeting approved Brazil's proposal to put trade restrictions on the wood after a deal was made to exclude finished products. . .
As it stood, that proposal would have obliged violinists to carry permits validating their right to take their pau brasil bows through border controls.
Posted by David on June 8, 2007 9:42 AM
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I'm not convinced that antiques should be an exception. Anyone willing to kill a rhino is willing to forge an antique rhino-horn knife handle from it.
Posted by: David Ross on June 9, 2007 11:42 PM
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