Silver mounted violin bow by Alois Sandner

The bow is a fine silver mounted violin bow made by Alois Sandner, founded 1887. This bow was made around 1950 in Germany as a fine quality handmade piece of work. The bow bears the original brandstamps by Al. Sandner on shaft and on the frog. The strong octagnonal stick is made of beautiful redbrown pernambuco wood. The fine ebony frog is sterling silver mounted with Parisian eye and white-green shimmering pearl slide with sterling silver surroundings and silver adjuster. The weight is 62,4 g, the length 74,4 cm. The bow feels robust in the hand and has its felt balance point well in the middle, slightly towards the tip end. The stiffness is even and perfectly balanced at frog, in the middle and at the tip. The bow has been bowmaker-restored and is in perfekt undamaged condition. Produces a huge, very strong, round and warm mellow tone.