R. Kim Tipper Fine Violins
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REID HUDSON Flag of Canada
70 grams; length: 74.4 cm; balance point: 25 cm from the adjuster. Round pernambucco stick with ivory tip face and silver wire grip. Silver mounted ebony frog with mother of pearl slide and Parisian eye. Silver adjuster. See www.reidhudson.com.
$5,000 Bow Frog
H  S Flag of Canada
70 grams; balance point: 24.5 cm from the adjuster. This student bow by Reid Hudson has a strong octagonal pernambucco stick of red-brown wood with an ivory tip face and silver wire grip. The silver mounted ebony frog has a mother of pearl slide and dot. The divided adjuster is of silver and ebony.
$2,500 Bow Frog
Ken Millard Flag of Canada
56.5 grams; length: 76.0 cm; balance point: 29.2 cm from the adjuster. A long, round ironwood stick with mountain mahogany frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style viola bow in new condition by Ken Millard, a bow maker who specialized in early bows and worked on Galiano Island. A PDF copy of his 2015 obituary in the Globe & Mail is here.
$1,250 Bow Frog
Ken Millard Flag of Canada
46.5 grams; length: 75.7 cm; balance point: 24.8 cm from the adjuster. A long, round ironwood stick with mountain mahogany frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style viola bow in new condition by Ken Millard, a bow maker who specialized in early bows and worked on Galiano Island. A PDF copy of his 2015 obituary in the Globe & Mail is here.
$1,250 Bow Frog
Ken Millard Flag of Canada
47.3 grams; length: 76.0 cm; balance point: 26.5 cm from the adjuster. A long, round ironwood stick with mountain mahogany frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style viola bow in new condition by Ken Millard, a bow maker who specialized in early bows and worked on Galiano Island. A PDF copy of his 2015 obituary in the Globe & Mail is here.
$1,250 Bow Frog
Ken Millard Flag of Canada
A collection of thirteen baroque violin and viola bows by Ken Millard, a bow maker who specialized in early bows and worked on Galiano Island. A PDF description of the bows is here. A PDF copy of his 2015 obituary in the Globe & Mail is here.
$1,250
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J. MURRAY VICTORIA Flag of Canada
74 grams; length: 74.7 cm; balance point: 24.5 cm from the adjuster. John Murray is a well known local player, repairer and instrument and bow maker. He was a student of Frank Henderson of Seattle. This silver mounted viola bow dates from about 2000 and has a heavy and strong octagonal stick with a silver tip face. It is in excellent condition.
$1,000 Bow Frog