Pierre Guillaume *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  15333

Brussels. Silver mounted. Pierre Guillaume has become one of the best known and important bow makers in the world. He studied with makers like Morizot, Bazin and Ouchard in Mirecourt. He also operates the famous Maison Bernard in Brussels.

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Lucie Martinie

sku Product SKU:  21571

Bowmaking for Lucie is the natural culmination of growing up in her father's cabinet making workshop in Corréze and her early love of music, including the accordion, flute, and viola. She studied bowmaking at the National School of Lutherie in Mirecourt, France from 2009 to 2012. After graduation she worked for the renowned Yannick Le Canu before establishing her own shop in 2016. Most recently at the 2018 Violin Society of America competition, she was awarded gold medal for her viola bow, in a very competitive field. This violin bow effortlessly produces a crisp spiccatto and smooth legato. It is an excellent modern French bow offered at a good price.

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Franck Daguin

sku Product SKU:  8363

Franck Daguin studied and worked with Jean-Frederic Schmitt for ten years and then with luthier Daniel Scaffi before settling in Lyon, France. Daguin has won prizes at the spéciale Paris in 1991, the Grand Prix des Métiers d'Art Lyon in 1992 and the spéciale Paris in 2004. For years, Jay Ifshin has visited Franck at his workshop in Lyon, France and always looks forward to seeing his fine new bows as well as his restorations of great old master bows.

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Josef Gabriel

sku Product SKU:  24067

Josef Gabriel is one of the most respected makers in Germany today. He trained with Alfons Reidel. He opened his own shop in Erlangen in 1987. Since then he has won numerous awards including gold medals at the Violin Society of America and Mittenwald.

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Otto Hoyer Pariser

sku Product SKU:  21509

Otto Hoyer was one of the very best German bow makers of his time. He actually trained in Paris with Eugene Sartory hence the brand on his best bows "Otto Hoyer Pariser."

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W.D. Watson

sku Product SKU:  19747

One of the first apprentices hired by the Hill family after WWII, Watson started in the case making department before the renowned Bultitude transferred him to the bowmaking department. Once there, he started a 6 year apprenticeship under the great William Retford. This close working relationship benefitted Watson immensely, becoming one of the best bowmakers at Hill & Sons. In 1962, already the senior bowmaker at Hill, Watson resigned because of a payment dispute, and set up on his own. He continued to make bows until the end of his life. At 63.6 g this bow is substantial and well balanced, a good strong bow in almost new condition.

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Klaus Grünke *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23042

Klaus Grünke is perhaps the most important and respected bow maker in Germany and all over the world. He began his training with his father Richard, then spent 1980-82 in Los Angeles working with Hans Weisshaar. We are always delighted to offer his fine bows.

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Branded Weichold

sku Product SKU:  23144

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John Greenwood

sku Product SKU:  23246

John Greenwood is well known to string musicians all over the Bay Area and beyond. He studied making with Jean Grunberger in Paris continued at the Oberlin bow making workshops.

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W.E.Hill & Sons

sku Product SKU:  20325

The workshops of W.E.Hill & Sons produced exceptional bows for many decades. The bows stamped HILL, H&S or W.E.H&S were considered their “Budget” bows which sold at a lower price. In reality the only real difference between these bows and those with the “full stamp” W.E.HILL & SONS were the frog and button which had simpler mountings. But the quality of the sticks were usually the same on all of the Hill bows.

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Otto A Hoyer

sku Product SKU:  24064

After the normal training in Germany, Otto Hoyer moved to Paris to work with the great Eugene Sartory. When he returned to Markneukirchen he set up his own shop. His best bows were stamped: O.A.HOYER PARISER often with the date.

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Fine old German bow *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  22491

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Hermann Prell

sku Product SKU:  20988

Prell's bona fides include working for the great German masters Albert Nurnberger (1893-1895), and with August Rau (1896), before working with the venerable Eugene Sartory (1897-1898). He established his own shop in his native Markneukirchen in 1898. Prell died in 1925 at the age of 50.

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Morizot Workshop

sku Product SKU:  17841

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L.Morizot *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  15540

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C.N.Bazin

sku Product SKU:  14897

Charles Nicolas Bazin was one of the most important bow makers from Mirecourt in the last two centuries. Apart from being a great craftsman, he was also a great teacher and businessman, running a very efficient workshop that supplied bows of high quality to many shops in Paris and beyond. For this reason, his bows are frequently unbranded. This bow represents an excellent value because it is nickel mounted and has a small repair at the tip. The bow is perfectly balanced and pulls the sweet sound typical of his bows.

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Steven Beckley *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  22459

A native of Menlo Park, Steve Beckley started his training as a bow maker with William Salchow in New York. After two years he returned to the Bay Area to perfect his skills with Boyd Poulsen. Since 1986 he has been making exceptional bows here in the bay area and for the last 22 years in Little River California on the Mendocino coast. His bows have become enormously popular with musicians both in California and all over the country.

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François Lotte

sku Product SKU:  21904

François Lotte trained in the Bazin workshop and then worked for Cuniot-Hury before going on his own in 1926. His workshop included R.Bernard, M.Lapierre, M.Mangenot along with his son Roger.

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Cuniot-Hury *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  18782

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Richard Grünke

sku Product SKU:  23251

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André Lavoye *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23179

André Lavoye began his career as a violin maker in 1980 in Quebec. In 1988 he went to Paris and studied violin making with Serge Boyer and bow making with Jean François Raffin. He then worked for makers in Brussels and Hong Kong before returning to Quebec City in 1994. He has since taught at the National School of Violin Making in Quebec City and has become highly respected both as a violin maker and a bow maker.

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François Lotte *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  16500

François Lotte was the son of violin maker Georges Lotte and was trained first in the Bazin workshop, then working for Cuniot-Hury. He set up on his own in 1926 and was later assisted by his son Roger. The bows of both François and Roger have always been popular with our clients.

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François Lotte *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  14852

François Lotte was the son of violin maker Georges Lotte and was trained first in the Bazin workshop, then working for Cuniot-Hury. He set up on his own in 1926 and was later assisted by his son Roger. The bows of both François and Roger have always been popular with our clients.

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Karl van der Meer *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23538

Karl van der Meer started out as a violinist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taking up violin making in 1892. He became head of the violin department of a large Amsterdam music store, establishing his own firm in 1899 which became the most important violin shop in Amsterdam.  He was especially well known for his fine bows. Those branded K.V.D.MEER  AMSTERDAM. Were made by A.Toussant in Mirecourt.

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