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:

This bow was copied from an authentic Giuseppe Tartini bow from a private collection. It has a fully cylindrical stick, high swan head, and a frog with an open hair channel. By the mid 18th century the bows used by Giuseppe Tartini and his pupils in The “Scuola delle Nazioni” of Padua encompassed many novel changes that allowed expanded musical expression. Current research suggests that Tartini had made these design changes to the ordinary baroque bow as early as 1727 and that violin bows such as these, made in Pernambuco, Sappan or ironwood were especially supplied to Tartini and his pupils by the Paduan violin maker Antonio Bagatella.

 

Materials:

Stick: Pernambuco

Frog: Snakewood

 

Certificate:

Andrew Dipper

 

Specs:

Weight: 56.0 g

Length: 75.0 cm