We offer violin bows in four select materials: pernambuco, brazilwood, carbon fiber, and fiberglass. Pernambuco is the finest material for bowmaking and offers a rich sound, superb flexibility, and strength for the serious player. Brazilwood is a related species which provides a low-cost alternative to pernambuco for the player who still desires a wood stick. Carbon fiber is a high-tech material offering excellent response, projection, and durability. Fiberglass is a low-cost, highly-durable material appropriate for the beginning violinist.

The K. Holtz bow is designed with the beginner's budgets and needs in mind. They are extremely durable, setup with real horse hair, and feature ebony frogs mounted in nickel silver and mother-of-pearl. The bows are wound with silver-plated wire and are equipped with a genuine leather grip.

Price: $45

The Ophelia bow is a black carbon fiber-fiberglass hybrid stick. Each bow contains a fully lined ebony frog, nickel silver winding, a leather thumb grip and mother-of-pearl Parisian eye and slide.

Price:
Violin: $55
Viola: $58
Cello: $69
Bass: $140
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The Model 20 is the entry level brazilwood bow from Eastman Strings. Each bow is hand-crafted with either a round or octagonal section. Fitted with an ebony frog mounted with nickel silver and mother-of-pearl, the Model 20 and 40 bows are an excellent value in wood bows.

Price:
Model 20 Round: $68
Model 40 Octagonal: $78

Fleur-de-lis Carbon Fiber Violin Bow

The Fleur-de-lis is a carbon fiber bow, mounted in bronze.The gold look is a beautiful contrast to the bow. The frog, end screw and the winding are done in the gold look. This bow comes with black horse hair.

Price: $99

The Ophelia bow is a black carbon fiber stick. Each bow contains a fully lined ebony frog, nickel silver winding, a leather thumb grip and mother-of-pearl Parisian eye and slide.

Price:
Violin: $99
Viola: $110
Cello: $145
Bass: $249
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The Cadenza Model 301 is a cost-efficient carbon fiber bow designed to provide the student with a quality, durable, responsive bow. Nickel mounted with an ebony frog.

Price: $110

The Ophelia bow is a braided carbon fiber stick. Each bow contains a fully lined ebony frog, nickel silver winding, a leather thumb grip and mother-of-pearl Parisian eye and slide.

Price:
Violin: $135
Viola: $140
Cello: $165
Bass: $269
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The Cadenza* Model 302 is mounted in nickel with an ebony frog. This bow features a unique woven titanium colored carbon fiber stick.

Price: $145

Made in Germany. Brazilwood species, round section. Fully-lined with nickel mounting. Two-piece button.
Weight of 62.8 grams.

Price: $180

Brazilwood species, octagonal section. Half-lined with nickel mounting. Three-piece button, mother-of-pearl slide and eye.
Weight of 61.3 grams.

Price: $187

Baroque Period Violin Bow-Non-Branded Copy

This 70.5 cm long copy of a baroque violin bow features a rosewood frog and endscrew. Baroque bows are different in construction and use. The modern violin bow contains an inward curve, or camber, in the middle to make it usable with the higher, hatchet-shaped head while the baroque bow will look straight or bent outwards under playing tension though it is still generally relaxed. The baroque violin bow is almost always made of strong, dense snakewood, and terminates in a lower, elegant "pike" or "swan-bill" head. The bow was roughly 58–63 cm long until about 1720, and was later called a "short bow" during the 18th century after the advent of "long bows," which are 68–72 cm in length. The screw mechanism that is now used to change the hair tension first came about in 1747. Simply, this bow is fun to have. If you are playing Bach or Vivaldi, this copy of a baroque bow is a great find.

We currently have 4 in the shop.

Price: $200

Pernambuco species, round section. Half-lined with nickel mounting. One-piece button. This is a used bow that would sell for new around $320.
Weight of 55.7 grams.

Price: $200

CF Ribeiro ¾ Size Bow

Pernambuco species, round section.  Ebony frog mounted in nickel silver with mother-of-pearl eye, half lined.  Nickel silver button and winding.
Weight of 54.4 grams.

Price: $250

Luan Ruy ¾ Size Bow

Pernambuco species, round section.  Ebony frog mounted in nickel silver with mother-of-pearl eye, half lined.  Nickel silver button and winding.
Weight of 55.5 grams.

Price: $250

S. Trindade ¾ Size Bow

Pernambuco species, round section.  Ebony frog mounted in nickel silver with mother-of-pearl eye, half lined.  Nickel silver button and imitation whale bone winding with genuine leather thumb grip.
Weight of 55.6 grams.

Price: $250

S. Trindade

Pernambuco species, round section.  Ebony frog mounted in nickel silver with mother-of-pearl eye, half lined.  Nickel silver button and winding.
Weight of 60.3 grams.

Price: $280

Pernambuco species, round section. Half lined ebony frog fitted in nickel silver. One-piece button.
Weight of 61 grams.

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Pernambuco species, round section. Half lined ebony frog fitted in nickel silver. One-piece button.
Weight of 60.3 grams.

Price: $280

The Prodigy features a graphite diamond weave and a blended Kevlar acoustic core. It is fitted in nickel silver with a "Xebony" frog and white mother of pearl slide.

Price: $288
Also available in smaller sizes:
3/4: $283

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Price: $299