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My favourite bows
I have always felt a profound sense of admiration and gratitude toward the ancient makers — most of them anonymous — who were people of great humanity. They knew how to truly listen to the needs of the musicians who came to them, and they dedicated themselves wholeheartedly to offering thoughtful, practical answers to those needs.
Among the many original bows I have had the privilege of examining, some have moved me deeply — and it is precisely these that I have wanted to recreate, to the best of my abilities, and which I am delighted to share with you here.
Some of the models that follow, however, are not copies of originals — because, unfortunately, for certain periods or geographical areas, no surviving examples are known to exist, at least not to this day. These are therefore the result of a careful and considered process of comparing iconographic sources, treatises, and surviving artifacts.
In the list below, it is clearly indicated which models are based on original surviving pieces and which are the result of reconstruction.
I hope you enjoy them!
Violin and viola bows
# B01
Early baroque violin/viola
# T1
18th century Tartini's long bow
# k02
Late baroque violin/viola bow
# JT078
Late baroque English style violin/viola
# Fi52
18th century italian style violin
# Kb
Late baroque violin bow
# T2
Italian style classical violin bow
# k04
English style classical violin / viola
# F05
English style classical violin / viola
#D01
early romantic violin / viola
Cello bows
# sam 05
early baroque Italian cello/bass viol bow
# Samm 77
17th century italian cello/viol bow
# Va 7
Late baroque noth Italian (or Geman) area cello/viol
# Fi56
18th century Italian cello/viol
# KhM 08
Classical English style cello
# CTC
18th century Italian Cello bow
Viol bows
# B01 - V
Earliy baroque soprano viol
# k02
Late baroque French style soprano
# sam 05
early baroque Italian cello/bass viol /Viola bastarda
# B05
Early baroque Italian style bass viol / viola bastarda
# F011
"Marais style" bass viol
# F012
"Forqueray style" bass viol
# Fi56
18th century Italian cello/viol
# Va 7
Late baroque noth Italian (or Geman) area cello/viol
Violone and double bass
# 015
Early baroque violone “Praetorius style”
# 013
Early baroque violone
# 014
18th century "Corrette style" violone / double bass
# Fi66
18th century Italian double bass
