French violin bow - approx. 1940 - excellent player!
Antique French violin bow with a recommended bright, and radiant sound. This old French violin bow from the Marc Laberte workshops made of brasil wood is a perfect player, a handmade piece that was made in Mirecourt around 1940. It is a typical example of French Mirecourt bow making during the period of its greatest successes. The round stick is of good strength, reactiviy and features...
Antique French violin bow with a recommended bright, and radiant sound. This old French violin bow from the Marc Laberte workshops made of brasil wood is a perfect player, a handmade piece that was made in Mirecourt around 1940. It is a typical example of French Mirecourt bow making during the period of its greatest successes. The round stick is of good strength, reactiviy and features high tension, elasticity and active and responsive playing characteristic. The total weight of the violin bow is 60 g, and its perceived balance point is well centered, slightly inclined towards the upper half of the stick and measured at 27.5 cm of the total length of 74.5 cm. This French bow has excellent playing qualities and embodies all of the fine playing attributes that premium violin bows from France are famous for. With its Parisian eye and a nicely shimmering mother-of-pearl slide, the nickel fittings of this French violin bow are both straightforward and elegant in equal measure. Its bright, radiant, rounded, nuanced tone is amongst the characteristics that confirm it is a piece made by an experienced hand. Including 30-day return policy, trade-in guarantee and an optional certificate.
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- Inventory no.
- B1132
- Maker
- Laberte
- Provenance
- Mirecourt
- Year
- circa 1940
- Tone
- warm, bright, French
- Weight
- 60.5 g