Ask Alice - On shoulder braces and lead in the frog, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

On shoulder braces and lead in the frog,
with classical music agony aunt ALICE McVEIGH

Dear Alice, When you were playing through the Dvořák concerto with the orchestra I noticed two things I'd never seen before: an unusual thing on or near your frog of the bow and also a plastic thingie on your arm. Are you injured?..

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