| Liebenzeller rosin has been around a long time. In | | | | But not every shop advertises its products on |
| fact, I still have a cake of it from the 1980s. This | | | | the internet, and I suspect that if you called a |
| brand took rosin "upscale," by adding trace | | | | few excellent string shops that don't do the |
| amounts of gold, copper, silver, and other metals | | | | majority of their business online (such as Moenning |
| (along with lots of dollars) to the price of rosin. | | | | in Philadelphia, Reuning in Boston, House of Note in |
| After all these years, Liebenzeller has finally been | | | | Minneapolis, or John Waddle in St. Paul) you might |
| discontinued. From what I understand, it is unlikely | | | | find that somebody still has some supply left. |
| that it will ever be available again, unless it is | | | | However, many different brands of rosin have |
| produced and sold by a different company. | | | | come out since Liebenzeller first appeared on the |
| Liebenzeller's "flagship" entry was its "Gold I" rosin. | | | | market that are, in my opinion, just as good; and |
| Designed to be exceptionally smooth and fine, this | | | | some (such as Andrea Paganini) have qualities |
| rosin contained trace amounts of pure gold and a | | | | similar to the refined nature of the Liebenzeller. I'd |
| high price tag. Violinists in search of a smooth, | | | | highly recommend looking into these options for |
| sweet, refined tone often sought out this | | | | fine and light (rather than coarse and dark) rosins |
| extremely fine, light, rosin. | | | | that you might like just as much or even better. |
| Although it may still be (temporarily) possible to | | | | In my experience, Liebenzeller Gold I had a |
| find Gold II, I do believe that Gold I may be | | | | tendency to apply rather lightly and come off |
| nearly impossible to find. I performed a thorough | | | | quickly. Because of this, even within a rehearsal or |
| search of shops with an Internet presence both in | | | | performance, one might feel that the bow already |
| the United States and abroad, as well as looking | | | | needs more rosin. In sum, a lot of new brands of |
| on ebay and craigslist, and I couldn't come up with | | | | rosin have entered the market that are excellent |
| any Gold I. A couple of stores that still sold it | | | | and worth trying that might perform even better |
| about a year ago (one in Australia and one in | | | | than Liebenzeller. |
| England) are now out of stock too. | | | | |