Double Bass Not a Dragonetti bow...

[trkkazulu]

Hi,

I have this bow that i bought somewhere in Sweden a few years ago. I really like it and i can't find any info on it at all. The only thing i know is that it isn't a Dragonetti bow. What is it? Can anyone shed any light on the origins of this bow?

Thanks,

Jair-Rohm

 

[LouisF]

I think these were called pit bows; shorter bows to be used in the opera pit. Also it looks like yours was a French bow that some one put a German frog on. I've see a bow like this that was made for Gary Karr. It was actually very comfortable

 

[eerbrev]

It actually looks like what some people call a "transitional bow". Not much camber, made out of Ironwood, and basically in between the "Dragonetti" style bow and the modern German bow which has a lot of bow camber, and a more delicate tip (as opposed to the Hatchet-Head yours has). I had a friend who has a bow made by Max Kasper that was made out of Ironwood and had like, no camber. It really stuck to the string (though that might have just been that bow).

Looks gorgeous, How does it play?

 

[bassadvisor]

I had one very similar. They made me as a classical historical bow. The original copied model had a frog like french but a bit taller. I made it change for a taller german frog, as it was quite uncomfortable to play, specially the 4th string. Nice bow!

 

[trkkazulu]

Wow, thank you all very much for the feedback. Very interesting! I'm enjoying this bow very much. It is very focused, balances nicely and feels very comfortable in my hand. I use cello rosin as i play electric upright exclusively and it's very dynamic. My other bows are carbon graphite and pernambuco. This is by far my favorite of the three.