Baroque and Classical bows for Violin
Close copy of an early Baroque bow from c.1685, probably Italian, with a clip-in frog. Convex snakewood stick with a low tip.
Weight: approx 48 grams.
My idea of a late Baroque ‘sonata’ bow. I would date it around 1740. The stick, frog and button are snakewood: approx 50-54 grams.
Classical “Cramer” bow, Germany c.1770. The stick is ironwood, the frog and button mastodon. It weighs 53-54 grams. A great bow for Mozart and Haydn.
Classical bow as above, in pernambuco. This version weighs 49-52 grams.
Early Tourte type bow in pernambuco, 52-53 grams.
Classical French bow, “Cramer” type. The original is by an unknown maker, I would date it after 1770. The original stick and the copy are bloodwood with mastodon frog and button: 50-52 grams.
Early Romantic bow, probably Vienna 1800-20 with a snakewood stick. It is longer and a little heavier (54-56 gram than the previous bows. The frog and button are mastodon, the stick is snakewood. A very special bow for playing Mendelssohn and Beethoven.