Will's Bow

I have already made the frog although it isn't polished yet. The frog is without silver under-slide at the intersection of frog and stick. This was the norm for makers like Tourte and Eury working the late 17 hundreds and very early 19th century. The polishing will come later after it is mounted on the stick.

This bow is for Will Fedkenheuer of the Fry Street Quartet. The bow will have to perform well on his Gagliano as well as a new Moes & Moes violin he will be getting shortly. He has been using a nice old Pfretzschner that is quite light. Here we are going to a bow weighing about 59.5 grams but the frog and winding will be relatively light so the stick will fairly dense and quite powerful. The stick is wonderful pernambuco wood I found in Espirito Santo, Brazil in 1987.

Here the stick is roughed out and ready for cambering tomorrow.