Sparkly Pink Things 4 Strings CelloPhant Cello / (French-style bow) Bass Bow Hold Teaching Aid Accessory

I have a cello student who is eager to learn & has a really good ear, but after several months still can't figure out how to hold her bow. The Cellophant is giving her the right muscle memory.

We got this because it was recommended by the school Orchestra teacher to have. My daughter loves it. Not only is it adorable, but it is comfortable for big and little hands. It's easy for my daughter to get into a good hand position routine just by doing her practice. It's easy to put on the cello bow and even came with picture instructions to show how it should be installed and hand placement once installed.

It really helps with now grip and helps bring to mind cheery songs about elephants (elephants).

During Covid I am teaching cello lessons via zoom meeting. For beginner students it is really hard to fix bow hold and posture. I bought one for myself to put on a second bow for demo purposes and have had several students purchase them.Wow! What a difference. Students have a really nice bow hold in 1-2 lessons so we can move on to other things. This is something that can take months without the cellophant. You do still have to work with them and show them some details like having a bent thumb, having the middle finger touch the elephant’s toes, and having a relaxed hand. But it is soooo much faster (and cuter) with the cellophant.

My 1st choice is for students to build the muscle to hold their bows without a prop. However, I run a 'premie' class for very tiny ones. And though they begin the class without this, I think it's a fine teaching aid for the super young. Their dexterity is still developing. And the grip helps with placement and relaxation. Give them a perfect bow hold.I like it for my highly collapsable fingers! I'm double jointed and the either collapse with tension or lock. So this relaxes the finger that likes to lock. And keeps my thumb joint from inverting when gripping. Though I can manage without it, I am so much more relaxed with it. Cello is not my primary instrument, so I have not built the muscles around the bow hold from very young. But I am a music educator who can play the cello. ;)

Had to return; it’s cute but my daughters teacher says its impossible to make a grip helper that works for everyone.

I am a 21 year old music education student. I've been playing cello since fourth grade. I recently had the opportunity to begin teaching cello lessons to a beginner student. Like many students, mine wanted to hold the bow incorrectly. Anyways, I thought this cellophant might be a good purchase as I had read some positive reviews about it. I received my cellophant in the mail today and promptly put it on my bow to try it out. I must say I was very disappointed. Perhaps it's because I have rather large hands and the cellophant is designed for smaller hands. Applying the cellophant and holding it the way it's designed creates what appears to be a good bow grip. However, it does not allow me to apply much weight to the string. It also allows less flexibility of the wrist and adds excess weight to the frog. What good is a correct bow hold if the wrong wrist motion is reinforced?Perhaps the problems I have with it are because it's not designed for my size of hand, but I still can't put my endorsement on it. As much as I wanted to use it in my lesson with my student I don't think I will because it doesn't feel right to me.Edit: I tried the cellophant with my student and she still found a way to hold it wrong. Like with a regular bow hold I could set her hand so that she was holding it right but over time she still reverted to incorrect bow hold. I've had much more success reading material for cello instructors and finding ways of just repeating the process of forming a good bow hold in our lessons.

I am teaching both of my daughters to play the cello. It's frustrating for me and for them to constantly be correcting their fingers when holding the bow so I bought this. I've tried the cellophant on all three of our bows (full size, 1/4, 1/8) and it fits securely to all three (does not move around). However, I had to remove the screw from the bow, place the cellophant, and then reattach the screw when applying to the bow. So I would recommend having a cellophant for each bow as switching back and forth would be irritating. It is good quality, comfortable, and cute. I wish the price was better, but it is a specialty item (very small market). I would recommend.