Robert Morrow Bow Maker

Contemporary Bow Makers

Thanks Christian,
This subject has been discussed at great lentgth in previous discussions.
For some who are not familiar with the history of French bow making, the re-birth of the Great French School started with Bernard Ouchard who was asked to comeback to Mirecourt after the 1940s and start up a bowmaking school. Which he did with much success. He planted the seeds with the likes of Rolland and Raffin and then came Thomachot, E. Clement and now with the younger generation of award winning makers that includes S. Bigot, Gilles Nehr and Yannick LeCanu.
These are makers that have already gained great respect among players and collectors alike.

For those who are in Europe (France & or Italy), ofcourse it is easy to go to Musicora or Mondomusica and meet and try contemporary bows and fiddles.

Being that the US Dollar is weak against the Euro, it makes it very expensive now to travel abroad and hence the price of French Bows in France is even more expensive than before.

One of my favorite French makers from the earlier 20th century is J.J. Millant.
There are also wonderful award winning American makers that make fine bows in the French tradition.
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BTW Gareth,
looking up lists of makers does not reveal much to people who have never seen the work of most of these contemporary makers. And for those who do not know the difference, how would they know why there is a difference between a bow by Thomachot as opposed to a Yamaha or Coda. This is why many come to visit v.com to ask these questions so professionals with experience in collecting and playing can try to answer these questions.
And if you know Ivry Gitlis, you may know that he plays and loves the bows by Edwin Clement, who lives just around the corner from him in Paris. I can certainly recommend you check out the bows of the English maker Howard Green.I bought one of his bows last year.The sound and playabilty of these bows is just extraordinary.I was already playing on a Benoit Rolland bow.Itzhak Perlman has a couple of Green's bows and Ilya Gringolts plays on one and there many other top players using them.Hope this helps you find the bow of your dreams. Of modern bows I've tried, some of my favorites are Quade, Raguse, Dirr and Tepho. Two Raguse bows had better facility and balance than the Quade bow that I wound up purchasing.

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