Andreas Grütter

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Making a New Cello Bow

March 1, 2015 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

New cellobow Andreas Grutter

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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Sex and Bows

February 5, 2015 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

Sex and bows Andreas Grutter

Avoiding to become too serious in my blog, I thought about what people like to read about. Most of them like to read about sex. Nobody has sex with a bow. I would absolutely not recommend to try it. It’s a stupid idea and there is no reason to get kinky. But a bow is […]

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Perception and perfection of a bow

January 26, 2015 By Andreas Grütter Leave a Comment

Perception and perfection of a bow Andreas Grutter

  Bowmaking today is very clean and of an amazing perfection. Even the cheap Chinese bows have that look, at least at the first sight. Something bothers me though and it is not easy to explain what it is. If you compare any new bow with any old bow, the old bow has more personality […]

Filed Under: Bowmaker Tagged With: beauty, expectations, old bows, shellac

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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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