Bass Bows

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[edit] Carbon Fiber bows

Arcus - Made in Germany. [[1]]

• Veloce - Piratinera, Nickel Silver €900
• Sinfonia - Ebony, Sterling Silver €1600
• Concerto - Snakewood, Sterling Silver €2500

French and German models available for all types.

Codabow - Made in Minnesota, USA. [[2]]

• Revelation - Ebony, Sterling Silver
• Infinity - Xebony â„¢ Engineered Ebony, Nickel Silver
• Metropolitan (codesigned by David Gage) [[3]]

French and German models available for all types.

Carbow - Made in France. [[4]]

French model

• Carbow model 2003 - ebony or snakewood
• Carbow model 2005 - ebony or snakewood
• Jean Grunberger model - ebony
• Fetique Copy - ebony
• Roberson's model - snakewood
• Lemur model - ebony

German models

• Ebène model - ebony
• Amourette model - snakewood
• Gary Karr model (Jean Grunberger design)

Finale [[5]]

House brand carbon fiber bow sold by String Emporium. Available in French and German models. $340 case and rosin included.

Lemur Sunrise Carbon Fiber bows [[6]]

House brand carbon fiber bow sold by Lemur Music. Available in 1/4, 1/2 and full size French and German models. $179

[edit] Shop Branded and other Workshop Bows

Shop Branded

These bows are sold under the retailer's brand, but are produced off-site (usually imported workshop bows). A wide range of quality of materials and workmanship may exist. A few examples are -

• String Emporium- Brazilwood ($130) and Pernambuco ($950) bows available in 3 models: French - Tourte and Charles Peccatte models and German - H.R. Pfretzschner model. Bows include fiberglass case and rosin.

• Claude Marchand - House stamp sold by Martin. Pernambuco bows with silver fittings. French and German models available. (around $1800)

• Upton Bass- Brazilwood ($259) Brazilwood Select ($550) and Pernambuco ($1800) bows available in French and German models.

• Lemur Sunrise - Brazilwood ($236), Bignoia wood ($279), Pernambuco ($399), and Snakewood ($699) bows available in French and German models. 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 sized models are available for Brazilwood bows.

Workshops

These bows are sold under the workshop's brand. Bows from one workshop may range in quality-the quality of the stick is sometimes indicated by the number of stars on the brand (common for German workshops). The name on the stamp is usually the founder or current head of the workshop. A few examples are -

Brazil

• Arcos Brazil [7]

• Marco Raposo, BRAZIL [8]

Germany

• Dorfler/ Doerfler?
• Roderich Paesold [9]
• Hartmut Knoll/Knoll family [10]
• Jens Paulus/Paulus family [11]
• H. Richard Pfretzschner/ Pfretzschner family h.r.pfretzschner@t-online.de [12]
• Horst Schicker
• Herbert Wanka [13]
• K. Gerhard - Roland G. Penzel/Penzel family [14]
• Seifert

France

• Ary

[edit] Contemporary bass bow makers

Approximate price range for the maker's standard offering - ie. Silver or Nickel Silver. Not for special materials (Gold, ivory or tortoise shell etc.)

Circa 1k

• Tom Owen, Coalgate, OK, USA http://www.tomowenbassbows.com/ ?
• Ed Shillitoe (historical bows) ed@manliusviolins.com

Circa 2k

• Don Smith, sold through KC strings, others?
• Zdzislaw Prochownik, Polish, living in CANADA http://www.mts.net/~prochown/
• John Norwood Lee, Chicago, IL, USA.?
• Jean Jacques Augagneur /J.J. Augagneur-D. Bergeron, Lyon, FRANCE. Since 1980. silver mount $2300, gold $3300 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKxORtebqYU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://didacool.free.fr/archet/menu.htm

Circa 3k

• Les Korus, Topeka, KS, USA http://www.korusbows.com/
• Marco Pasquino, ITALY http://www.marcopasquino.com/
• Brian Tunnicliffe, UK http://www.tunnicliffebows.co.uk/index.php
• Elizabeth Vander Veer Shaak http://www.violinsandbows.us/bowmaking.htm ?
• Steven Reiley, Grand Rapids, MI, USA http://www.guarnerihouse.com/
• Evan Orman, Denver, COLORADO, USA http://www.ormanbows.com/index.html
• Joseph Liu, Los Angeles, CA, USA $3500 http://www.josephliustudio.com/
• Bernd - Michael Dolling, GERMANY http://www.doellingbogen.de
• Henk te Hietbrink, HOLLAND €2750 http://www.tehietbrinkbows.nl/prijslijst/onderdelen

Circa 4k

• Roger Zabinski, Minneapolis, MN, USA http://www.zabinskibows.com/
• Andrew McGill, Oxfordshire, UK http://www.bowmakermcgill.co.uk/
• Stephen Bristow, UK http://www.bristowbows.co.uk ?
• Robert Dow http://dowbows.com
• Bernard Walke, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://www.walkebows.com
• John Greenwood, San Francisco, CA, USA $4500 http://www.greenwoodbows.com/
• Bill Halsey
• Milan Oubrecht, CZECH REPUBLIC http://www.oubrecht.cz/
• Thomas Dignan, Boston, MA, USA http://www.dignanbows.com/
• Lynn Hannings, Pownal, ME, USA http://www.lahbows.com/
• George Rubino, Pownal, ME, USA http://www.rubinobows.com/
• Howard Green, UK http://www.howardgreenbowmaker.com
• John B. Aniano, USA $3800 http://www.jbabows.com

Circa 5k

• Eric Lane http://www.reuning.com/othjer/our_company/lane.html?
• Boris Fritsch, FRANCE b.fritsch.archetier@wanadoo.fr
• Reid HUDSON, CANADA http://members.shaw.ca/reidhudson/index
• Roy Quade (french only) http://quadebows.com/ ?
• Lee Guthrie, Hudson, WI, USA (french only) http://www.guthriebows.com/
• Armin Seebass, FINLAND http://www.seebass.fi/
• Michael Vann, BC, CANADA http://www.michaelvann.com
• Michael Taylor http://www.arcosfinos.com/
• Jean Grunberger, FRANCE http://www.jeangrunberger.com/
• Rodney D. Mohr, Ashland, OH, USA (silver mount $5500) http://www.rodneymohr.com/

6k and over

• Susan Lipkins Woodstock, NY, USA $6000 http://violoncello.com/BowMaking/index.html
• Pierre-Yves Fuchs, SWITZERLAND (sold through Robertson violins)

Price range?

• Harry Grabenstein http://www.hfgbowmaker.com/
• Eben Bodach-Turner http://www.bodach-turnerbows.com/
• Emmanuel Carlier http://www.carlier-archetier.com/#!__page-maitre-gb
• Donald Mackenzie dmackenzie281@gmail.com (508) 385-5896
• Don Reinfeld http://www.drbows.com/
• Alexandr Hendruk http://www.ahbows.com
• Antonino Airenti (historical bows) http://www.airenti.it/baroquebows/co...sentation.html
• Lorenzo Lazzarato, ITALY http://www.lazzaratobows.com/
• John Clutterbuck, UK http://www.touchoxford.com/business/list/bid/1334635
• Jean-Luc Tauziede, FRANCE http://www.archetier.com/presentation-anglais.htm
• Emilio Slaviero, ITALY http://www.emilioslaviero.it/
• G.B. Hembree http://www.gbhembree.com/bows/
• Christopher English http://www.cf-english.com/
• Adriano Massari, ITALY adriano.massari@tele2.it
• Jean-Marc Panhaleux, FRANCE panhaleux@modulonet.fr
• Christophe Collinet, French, living in GERMANY
• Paul Martin Siefried, WA, USA http://www.porttownsendbows.com
• David Forbes
• Katia Louis, FRANCE
• Sylvain Bigot, FRANCE
• Gilles DuHaut, FRANCE http://gilles.duhaut.free.fr/index.php?langue=anglais&act=
• Nicole Descloux, FRANCE http://www.descloux.net/bows/
• Peg Baumgartel, Rosalia, WA, USA http://www.pjbbows.com
• Hartmut Knoll/Knoll family workshop, GERMANY http://www.knollbows.de/e/home.html
• Jens Paulus/Paulus family workshop, GERMANY http://www.paulusbogen.de/englstart.htm
• Josef P. Gabriel, GERMANY http://www.molthoff.de/gabriel/
• Steffen Kuhnla, GERMANY http://www.kuhnla-bogenbau.de/index.html
• Gregor Walbrodt, GERMANY http://www.bowmaker.de/nave.html
• Mathias Wohlleber, GERMANY wohlleberberlin@t-online.de
• H. Richard Pfretzschner/ Pfretzschner family workshop, GERMANY h.r.pfretzschner@t-online.de http://www.pfretzschner-markneukirchen.de/index.html
• Horst Schicker /workshop, GERMANY
• Herbert Wanka/ workshop GERMANY http://www.wankabows.de/index_en.htm
• K. Gerhard - Roland G. Penzel/Penzel family workshop, GERMANY http://www.penzel.eu/bass_eng.html

[edit] Recently Deceased

Successful bow makers who passed away in the last 25 years or so. Their bows in the last half century are much sought after.

• Percival Wilfred Bryant, UK (1902-1994)
• Arthur R. Bultitude, UK (1908-1990)
• Joseph Kun, Ottawa, CANADA (1930-1996)
• Giovanni Lucchi, ITALY (1942-2012) http://www.lucchicremona.com/

[edit] Competitions and Awards

Violin Society of America (VSA) competition [[15]]

Bows are judged on workmanship. [[16]]

The following is a list of Gold medals awarded for bass bows by year (no gold medals awarded in years not listed) -

1978 Joseph Kun, Paul Martin Siefried

1980 Paul Martin Siefried

1982 Joseph Kun

1986 Jean Grunberger

1994 Rodney D. Mohr

1996 David Forbes, Rodney D. Mohr

2000 Pierre-Yves Fuchs

2004 Pierre-Yves Fuchs, Rodney D. Mohr

2010 Christophe Collinet

2012 Emmanuel Carlier, Susan Lipkins

Concours Etienne Vatelot[[17]]

Awards in the Bass Bow Catagory

1991

• Grand Prize: Jean Marc PANHALEUX (France)
• 2d Prize: Jean GRUNBERGER (France)
• 3rd Prize: Jean Jacques AUGAGNEUR (France)

1999

• Grand Prize of the City of Paris : Jean GRUNBERGER (France)
• Second Prize : Sylvain BIGOT (France)
• Third Prize : Rodney D. MOHR (United States)

2004

• Grand Prize of the city of Paris: Pierre-Yves Fuchs
• Certificat of merit: Bernd-Michael DÖLLING Germany
• Certificat of merit: Katia LOUIS France
• Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Boris FRITSCH France
• Certificat of merit for contemporary design: Christophe COLLINET France

2011

• Second Prize, Boris Fritsch

International Society of Bassists (ISB) [[18]]

Awards in the Bow Catagory (only two convention years)

2003

Six French bows, three German bows entered

Certificate of Workmanship:

• Eric Lane, French Bow
• Eric Lane, German Bow

Silver Medal for Workmanship

• Thomas Dignan, French Bow
• Susan Lipkins, French Bow

Gold Medal for Workmanship

• Thomas Dignan, German Bow

2005

Two bows entered

Certificate of Workmanship

• Steven Reiley
• Gilles DuHaut

Convention Favorite Honorable Mention

• Gilles DuHaut

Convention Favorite

• Steven Reiley

[edit] Historical bass bow makers

French

Francois Xavier Tourte (1747-1835) - Father of the modern bow who, after much experimentation, determined pernambuco wood to be best for use in bows because it had the right qualities of strength and flexibility and could be heated and bent (cambered) without breaking. Although not known for making bass bows, he produced at least one bass bow. This bow, probably made in 1824, was auctioned on June 1st, 2000 for $69,953. [[19]] The designs of the frog and head closely resemble Tourte's cello bows. The bow is 165 grams. It is in a museum collection owned by the French government.

Nicolas Maline(1822-1877) [[20]]

Francois Voirin (1833-1885)

Charles Peccatte (1850-1920)

Alfred Joseph Lamy (1850-1919)

Vigneron Family

Joseph Arthur (1851-1905)

Andre (1881-1924)

Eugene Sartory (1871-1946)

Louis Gillet (1891-1970)

Bazin Family

Charles Nicolas II -C.N. (1847-1915)

Charles Louis - Louis (1881-1953)

Charles Alfred - Charles (1907-1987)

Claude Thomassin (1870-1942)

Fetique Family

Victor (1872-1933)

Jules (1875-1951)

Ouchard Family

Emile Francois -Francois (1872-1951 or 1934)

Emile August - E.A. ( 1900 -1969 )

Bernard (1925 - 1981)

Andre George Richaume (1905-1966)

Louis Morizot (1874-1957)

Marcel Lapierre (1907-1979)

English

Dodd Family (circa 1700-1800)

James Tubbs (1835-1919 or 1921)

Percival Wilfred Bryant (1902-1994)

Arthur Bultitude (1908-1990)

German

Pfretzschner Family

Albert Nurnberger

Dölling Family (since 1898)

Ludwig Otto- Otto (1878-1966)

Kurt (1902-1952)

Heinz Otto - Heinz (1913-2001)

Bernd (b. 1942)

Michael (b. 1968)

Otto Hoyer

[edit] Resources

Westbury Park Strings Dictionary of Famous Bow Makers [[21]]

http://www.filimonovfineviolins.com/C.html