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A Gorgeous Tourte Bow

March 23, 2017 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

Tourte Frank Pollman Andreas Grutter

I love this bow. I think it is the one in the book “Les Archets “ Volume 1 side 105 Nr. 12 without frog. I understand that they didn’t show the frog because it seems to be of a later period. In fact, the frog doesn’t fit very well on the stick, which probably means […]

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Andreas Engleder

December 20, 2016 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

Engleder Andreas Grutter

This is a very beautiful German cello bow. It’s not mine; I have it for sale for 25,000 euros. That’s a lot of money for a German bow, but this one is in top condition. And, there are not so many old German bows of this quality around. Engleder was a very well known violinmaker […]

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A film about bowmaking

December 13, 2016 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

To play the film, click on the title of this blog and then click on the link below: Click here to play the film  

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About Andreas

Andreas Grütter was born in 1956 in Zürich, Switzerland. To obtain a paper he went to the bowmaking class of Maestro Giovanni Lucchi in 1982. Then it turned out to be much more interesting than he expected and since then he makes all kinds of bows. Some time in NY with William Salchow helped him to understand the importance of the history of the old bows. Read More…

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