The Maker:

Andrew Dipper is a skilled restorer, luthier, historian, and writer with a background in sculpture and Cremonese violinmaking. He has made replicas of historic bows for 35 years. Mr. Dipper’s work is informed by dedicated scholarship, study of original bows and museum conservation.  Examples of his restoration, conservation, and reproduction work can be found in many of the foremost public and private musical instrument collections, as well as in the hands of acclaimed players worldwide.

Model:

Michel Corrette (b. 1707, d.1795) was a French musician and author of many musical method books. Andrew Dipper’s bows are of the type illustrated by Corrette in his violin tutor of 1782. This tutor depicts a bow with a “pike head” which allows for a hair ribbon barely wider than 7mm. This hair ribbon is also cambered by the shaping of the frog’s hair channel, which gives the bow very different playing characteristics than the modern bow with its flat hair ribbon. The stick of the bow is regulated in diameter to enhance poetical expression within the music. The frogs on Dipper reproductions of these bows are usually made from amourette or snakewood or various other tropical hardwoods because of the necessity for strength and the fine and accurate shaping of their geometry.

Materials:

Stick: Snakewood

Frog: Snakewood

Certificate:

Andrew Dipper

Specs:

Weight: 56.5 g

Length: 69.5 cm