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In contrast to many German bows stamped Dodd", the name of one of Englands most prominent bow makers, this intriguing, silver-mounted violin bow not only has superior playability but shows some awareness of Dodds making style, with its rounded head and slender stick. Despite its elegance, the bow we...

Founded in 1974, the Ary France bow making workshops have been producing a wide range of violin, viola, cello and double bass bows in both Brazilwood and Pernambuco wood for almost 50 years. This elegant, gold-mounted violin bow, stamped A. Martin", is positioned at the very top of their range and w...

The JonPaul workshops in Salt Lake City, Utah, are widely known for their pioneering, high-class carbonfibre bows, designed for advanced and advancing students. More recently they have expanded their range upwards, with a small team of three expert traditional bow makers creating fine master bows fr...

This elegantly made, silver-mounted violin bow, stamped JF Lee", is made by prize-winning archetier JianFeng Li, who studied with the prominent American bow maker John Norwood Lee before establishing his own studio in the north-eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo. His bows have won prizes in interna...

Along with James Tubbs, John Dodd is considered Englands pre-eminent bow maker, working at a time when the modern Tourte" style bow was still establishing itself west of the English Channel. This German bow, while owing little to the gracefulness of Dodds work, is a good example of the higher grade ...

The F.F. Schaeffer bow making company, founded by Floriano Shaeffer, one of Brazils best bow makers, is situated in the city of Aracruz on the coast north of Rio de Janiero. It has established a name as one of a number of Brazilian workshops producing excellent student and professional grade bows fr...

This fine, silver-mounted violin bow was made in Germany by R Hagerman from well-selected pernambuco wood. The workmanship is skilled and individualistic, with an elegant, narrow head finished with a sweeping upturn. The simple ebony frog is offset with an attractive, broad pearl slide. The octagonal stick gives the tone clarity, with a crisp articulation and spiccato.

Arcos Brasil was founded in 1996 to bring together a new, talented generation of bow makers, some of the best available pernambuco wood in Brazil and a fully-committed conservation programme to help preserve and sustain this crucial and endangered tree. The programme has propagated, planted and dist...

The JonPaul bow workshops in Utah, USA, are famous for their pioneering carbonfibre bows. Recently, they have extended their range to include bows made for them by other workshops. While most of these new additions are less expensive carbonfibre student bows, they have also diversified into traditio...

The Coda Bow workshop, based in the US, has been one of the pioneers of carbonfibre bow manufacture, focusing on the middle grade to advanced student range. This Diamond GX" model bow has excellent playing characteristics, with a clean spiccato and sautill action which we feel is superior to other, ...

This silver-mounted bow is of a much higher standard than the many thousands of nickel-mounted German bows stamped Bausch" that have been made for the student market. The stamp is so widespread because of the pre-eminence of bow maker Ludwig Christian August Bausch and his two sons. Although this bo...

The Utah workshops of JonPaul bows have played a major part in pioneering the development of good quality carbonfibre bows, and their Arpege" model has been central to this journey. It was recently dropped from their catalogue as they added new styles, but such has been the outcry from violin shops ...

Arcos Brasil was founded in 1996 to bring together a new, talented generation of bow makers, some of the best available pernambuco wood in Brazil and a fully-committed conservation programme to help preserve and sustain this crucial and endangered tree. The programme has propagated, planted and dist...

The F.F. Schaeffer bow making company, situated in the city of Aracruz on the coast north of Rio de Janiero, is one of a number of Brazilian workshops producing excellent student and professional grade bows from sustainable pernambuco wood. The workmanship is skilled, clean and elegant, and the play...

Carbon-fibre bows are now a commonplace, though the modern Berg" bows, manufactured in Indiana by William Duff, are head and shoulders above most, if not all, their competition. Back in the 1980s, when Bob Berg, then a bass player in the NZSO, pioneered this process by hand-making his early prototyp...

The round, pernambuco stick sits well on the string and draws a warm, clear sound despite the bows relatively light weight of 58.1 grams. Articulation in fast string crossings is good, and the bow produces a reliable, steady spiccato. Like many unbranded silver-mounted German bows of the late ninete...

Handcrafted by F. Magalhaes. 62 grams. This stunning pernambuco violin bow has been expertly handcrafted by F. Magalhaes, one of the master bow makers at L'archet Brasil. This bow has been handcrafted to exceed all expectations. It offers simply superb playability, response and balance. Extensively ...

Charles Jean-Baptiste Collin-Mzin is famous for his violins, and for the highly successful small workshop he set up in Mirecourt, once his personal instruments had achieved prize-winning success. Neither he nor his luthiers were bow makers, so, to complement his instrument sales, he purchased good-q...

Handcrafted by Manoel Francisco. 62 grams. This stunning IPE wood violin bow has been expertly handcrafted by Manoel Francisco, one of the master bow makers at L'archet Brasil. This bow has been handcrafted to exceed all expectations. It offers simply superb playability, response and balance. Extens...

This Vuillaume" style, silver-mounted violin bow, with its frog set slightly into the stick for stability, has a very attractive playing style, despite its lack of pedigree. The round, pernambuco stick feels light in the hand but draws a clear, warm sound, with good articulation and spiccato. While versatile, it would particularly suit Classical and Baroque repertoire.

This intriguing viola bow, with its octagonal, pernambuco stick and silver mounts, comes from the deceased estate of a keen amateur violin maker, and may well have been handmade here in New Zealand. It has been professionally restored in our workshops to maximise its playability, and draws a full, warm sound.

This late nineteenth century German violin is a fine example of Vogtland Maggini"-style instruments, sporting the traditional double purfling lines and long Brescian" f holes. Instead of the standard scroll, the head is carved in the likeness of Mozart, whose name is stamped on the back inside an at...

The famous German bow maker Hermann Richar Pfretzschner retired from active bow making in 1914, but his small, high-quality workshop continued under the leadership of his two sons Hermann and Berthold. This bow, owned by a New Zealand player for many years, probably dates from the 1950s, and is a gr...