Andreas Grütter

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Making a New Cello Bow

March 1, 2015 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

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I am back from my holidays and want to start a new bow. I have 2 very light bows  and 2 heavy bows for sale, but nothing in between. I need to make a new cello bow, an in-between weight. That is what sells best and I don’t have it in my stock. Here are […]

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A Good Bow Certificate

January 19, 2015 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

Bow certificate Andreas Grutter

Expensive bows should have a certificate. A good bow certificate. Yet, some of these certificates can be either partially or completely incorrect. The certificates are usually made by one appraiser. A panel of experts could probably get closer to the truth. They could get together to discuss the authorship, the state and the value of […]

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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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