Double Bass Raposo Stamp

[PocketGroove82]

I compared my 2002 Marco Raposo French bow today with a brand new one and I noticed that the stamp on mine is "M. RAPOSO" and the stamp on the more recently constructed one is "MARCO RAPOSO". I'm wondering if any one knows if this indicates anything in particular?

One guess in the shop was that at some point in time he was actually making them himself. It was pretty obvious that the older one was more elegant. Does anyone know when or why the stamp was changed?

Many thanks

 

[LouisF]

This may be way off base, but I think in 2002 etc, Marco Raposo was actually making his own bows (which he still may do)...but if you look at his website it's clear he has a production team now making "Marco Raposo" bows.

Louis

 

[PocketGroove82]

but if you look at his website it's clear he has a production team now making "Marco Raposo" bows.

Yeah, this is my understanding. I thinking I'll call the NYC corporate number and ask my question there.