Pre-World War I Gorgeous German Violin Bow

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Are you a player looking for performance and not worried about a specific maker? This bow may be the perfect fit. Made in a German workshop for sure, the stick has good bones, and I can’t believe it does not have a maker’s name. We went all out in our workshop on the stick. It has received what we call the spa treatment. A new bone tip, new winding, leathers at the thumb and collar, and cleaning the jewelry work in the frog and the stick. After cleaning (it was filthy) the pernambuco wood revealed was stunning and the color beautiful. The bow has nice pin work and feels light in the hand. The lining is pinned, not secured with screws, and the nickel heel is one-piece. I almost want to say it could be a bow from the BAUSCH workshop. I just don’t have enough other evidence to declared that emphatically. In any case the wood is without flaw and the camber flows from the head quickly. The maker left the stick on the thinner side, but boy is it nice. The wood tells the maker as he or she is creating the bow if they can take more wood off or if they need to leave it on. The bow is pernambuco specie and octagonal in section and nickel mounted, but I put on a sterling silver winding with new leather to increase the gram weight by two grams. The head is well chamfered, all knife work – old school and almost bell chamfered (slightly flared) at the very bottom of the back of the head. The ebony frog has single mother-of-pearl eyes. The slide flanges slightly wider at the ferule end and contains a little purple/green fleck. The wood is firm, and I like its fight. It’s a sleeper – great stick and no makers name to place it at a higher price. If you’re looking for a good playing bow, this is it! It has the total package: strength, balance, and a nice gram weight that many players today look for in a well-made bow. The bow falls below 60.0 grams. The bow is balanced and in very good to excellent condition for a 110 or more year-old-bow. German workmanship and it can handle a good attack: in short – a player.

Weight fully haired 58.0 grams