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11-27-2010, 11:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | contemporary bass bow makers
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11-28-2010, 09:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX | | | Boris Fritsch is a favorite of mine. His bows are 3500€, or perhaps $4500.
Reid Hudson and Roy Quade both sell around 5k.
Fuchs bows are now 6k from Robertsons. |
11-28-2010, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | Hi Paul, thanks for the info.
Am I right that Fritsch makes bows that Rabbath plays?
Being that you are in Paris, do you know anything about Jean-Luc Tauziede? |
11-28-2010, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NC | | | one addition & one limitation
Rodney Mohr (French & German)
Roy Quade does only French bass bows |
11-28-2010, 10:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Do you know the price range for Mohr's bows?
Also, I had a good laugh at this one; check out his "4G" bow: http://www.rodneymohr.com/bows-for-s...ern-bows/bass/
"The slide will remove exposing a 4G flash drive permanently embedded into the frog. With a USB cord, the bow can connect directly to your computer."
Seriously?
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11-28-2010, 11:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southeast US | | | I've been eyeing bows by Armin Seebass for a while now. I know the Bass Cellar has 2 at $4500. |
11-28-2010, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota | | Bernard Walke $3500 www.walkebows.com
Bernard made a bow for me this summer and I really love it. |
11-28-2010, 09:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by crowsmengegus  Am I right that Fritsch makes bows that Rabbath plays? | Yes - François has bought 4 bows from Fritsch and plays them pretty much exclusively these days. |
11-30-2010, 12:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | Added a couple more. Anyone have price info on Hannings, Rubino, Pasquino, etc.?
I'm also curious about more makers (if there are any!) in the lower price range, 1k to 3k. |
11-30-2010, 08:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Buenos Aires,Argentina | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by crowsmengegus
I'm also curious about more makers (if there are any!) in the lower price range, 1k to 3k.
| Maybe the Brazilians... |
11-30-2010, 09:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Brooklyn Ny | | | Zabinsky
I'm a big fan of Roger Zabinsky bows.  |
11-30-2010, 10:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ritchietime I'm a big fan of Roger Zabinsky bows. | Right! How could I forget; in my own state even! |
12-01-2010, 01:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | My Pasquino bow was $2500 three years ago. Bill Halsey is a great bow maker - his bows run around $4K - John Norwood Lee; also Milan Oubrecht in Prague; there's John Greenwood in the SF area (also $4-5K bows)
Louis |
12-01-2010, 05:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | Eric Lane, in Boston. Currently works at Reuning and Sons. http://www.reuning.com/other/our_company/lane.html
Here's one of his bows at Zach Martin's shop for $2600 http://zacharysmartin.com/bows.php
There is also a bow shown (farther down the page) by Donald MacKenzie, Brewster, MA. for $2500.
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12-01-2010, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LouisF My Pasquino bow was $2500 three years ago. Bill Halsey is a great bow maker - his bows run around $4K - John Norwood Lee; also Milan Oubrecht in Prague; there's John Greenwood in the SF area (also $4-5K bows)
Louis |
John Norwood Lee's site doesn't seem to indicate that he makes bass bows, but I see that there's one of his german bows for sale at Upton for 1200. Anybody use one of his? Does he sell them in that price range? |
12-01-2010, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Swanson | I can't find any info on Donald MacKenzie besides the page you pointed out. Anybody know anything about him? |
12-01-2010, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bronx, NY | | Claude Marchand (available through Thomas Martin's site), which I think go for ca. $1500 (I have a Marchand French bow I've been very happy with): http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk/bows_sale.asp |
12-01-2010, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota | | | Claude Marchand is not a bow maker - that is Martin's house brand of bow. |
12-01-2010, 10:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil Rowan | Marchand is not a real person I guess. Not to say those bows are not very nice! I'd be curious to try one. |
12-02-2010, 06:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | I used one of the Marchand bows (and a Martin bass) for my show at the Berlin bass conference. I was very impressed with the bow (German, in my case). Ian and Peter (of Tom's shop) said they were made in Banbury (England)... obviously not by "George Marchand"... Andrew McGill would be my guess... but that's pure speculation on my part.
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