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The Bow Collector

Celebrating the art, history, and passion of bow making and collecting.

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Welcome to our community for enthusiasts dedicated to the collection and devout appreciation of the bow. The greatest of violins can have no voice without its companion, so the bow is well-deserving of its status as a collectible, as demonstrated by exceptional examples of highest provenance from the Great Makers.

Our carefully curated collection showcases bows of incredible artistry, beauty, significance, and value, spanning pieces from France, Germany, and England.

We warmly invite you to join us on our journey and mission to preserve some of these exceptional pieces, created with great love of their art, by the most prominent bow makers in history.

Yet everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a violin's bow, which draws one voice out of two separate strings.

 ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

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Jean Pierre Marie Persoit
Violin Bow

This remarkable violin bow is the only known example of a Persoit gold and tortoiseshell mounted bow. It reveals in every detail the most sublime artistic sensibility... View
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Etienne Pajeot
Violin Bow c. 1840

Pajeot possessed extraordinary technical skills and was also a master of innovation and thoughtful construction, as seen in the design of the protective nickel slide... View
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Heinrich Knopf
Viola Bow

Heinrich Knopf, whose bows compare in playability to the finest French bows of the period, is widely regarded as one of the greatest 19th-century German bow makers... View