pfretzschner

First of all, hello – I’m fairly new here as a user. A few years ago, I bought a wonderful H. R. Pfretzschner bow from my trusted double bass luthier. At the time, the purchase price was around €2200. Now I’m considering switching bows, as I’ve recently been offered a very fine one by a...

I am currently auditioning a rather nice Brazilian German bow. It’s made by Manoel Francisco. It is made of high quality pernambuco and is silver mounted. The frog is in the style of a Pfretzschner. It weighs in at 135g on the kitchen scale, well balanced, and has no winding but does have a...