R. Kim Tipper Fine Violins
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CUNIOT-HURY Flag of France
57.5 grams; length: 73.6 cm; balance point: 23.5 cm from the adjuster. Eugene Cuniot-Hury (1861-1912) was a prolific Mirecourt maker who copied many styles, producing bows under the name of various Parisian shops as well as his own name and at varying quality levels. This excellent example of a nickel mounted bow has a round stick with a good balance of strength and flexibility.
$7,000 Bow Frog
MICHAEL VANN Flag of Canada
60.0 grams; length: 74.5 cm; balance point: 24.0 cm from the adjuster. An early silver mounted bow from this Canadian maker with a round pernambuco stick and a silver tip face and silver wire grip.
$5,500 Bow Frog
REID HUDSON Flag of Canada
59.5 grams; length: 74.1 cm; balance point: 23 cm from the adjuster. A good silver mounted violin bow with a round stick in new condition. See www.reidhudson.com.
$5,000 Bow Frog
REID HUDSON Flag of Canada
61 grams; length: 74.4 cm; balance point: 24 cm from the adjuster. A good silver mounted violin bow with a round stick in new condition. See www.reidhudson.com.
$5,000 Bow Frog
REID HUDSON Flag of Canada
60.5 grams; length: 74.3 cm; balance point: 24 cm from the adjuster. A good silver mounted violin bow with a round stick in new condition. See www.reidhudson.com.
$5,000 Bow Frog
REID HUDSON Flag of Canada
60.5 grams; length: 74.3 cm; balance point: 24 cm from the adjuster. A good silver mounted violin bow with an octagonal stick in good condition. See www.reidhudson.com.
$5,000 Bow Frog
LUPOT Flag of Germany
59.0 grams; length: 74.8 cm; balance point: 24.5 cm from the adjuster. A decorated silver mounted bow circa 1900 likely from a German workshop. The silver mountings are attractively engraved with a floral design.
$2,500 Bow Frog
KIM GRACIO Flag of Portugal
64.0 grams; length: 74.4 cm; balance point: 24.5 cm from the adjuster. An interesting bow from this Portuguese maker circa 1975 featuring a silver mounted ivory frog on an octagonal pernambuco stick with a silver tinsel grip.
$2,000 Bow Frog
VOIRIN Flag of Germany
60.0 grams; length: 74.1 cm; balance point: 24.4 cm from the adjuster. A good German commercial bow circa 1920 in very good condition. Round pernambuco stick, imitation whalebone grip and silver mounted ebony frog and adjuster. Very good original condition.
$2,000 Bow Frog
Ken Millard Flag of Canada
47.6 grams; length: 70.2 cm; balance point: 24.5 cm from the adjuster. A round Swartzia stick with mountain mahogany frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style violin 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
49.1 grams; length: 73.0 cm; balance point: 26.5 cm from the adjuster. A fluted pernambuco stick with boxwood frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style violin bow or perhaps treble viol 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
45.8 grams; length: 72.0 cm; balance point: 24.5 cm from the adjuster. A round amourette stick with mountain mahogany frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style violin 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: 61.7 cm; balance point: 22.5 cm from the adjuster. A short, round African blackwood stick with boxwood frog and adjuster in new condition. A good baroque style violin 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
Unbranded German bow Flag of Germany
59.2 grams; length: 74.4 cm; balance point: 23.0 cm from the adjuster. A German bow circa 1920 in a English style with a plain nickel mounted frog on a round pernambuco stick.
$750 Bow Frog
Antique German bow branded VOIRIN Flag of Germany
57.5 grams; length: 74.0 cm; balance point: 23.5 cm from the adjuster. A delicately made bow in pristine condition with a nickel mounted ebony frog and silver wire grip. This is a light and lively bow.
$350 Bow Frog
Unbranded Chinese bow in baroque style circa 2010 Flag of China
53.0 grams; length: 69.0 cm; balance point: 25.5 cm from the adjuster. A typical modern bow in baroque style made entirely of snakewood with an open throat frog, simple adjuster and a reeded grip.
$250 Bow Frog