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This bow features the classic and simplistic configuration of a fairly large mother-of-pearl eye in the flanks of a silver-mounted ebony frog, combined with a plain silver adjuster button with mother-of-pearl inset at the end.
The workmanship in this bow is impeccable. The round stick is of good pernambuco. Lapping is of silver wire and the thumbpad of black leather with an imitation lizard skin texture. The tip is of cow bone.
This bow's playing properties are good and up to the demands of very advanced playing. It is well-balanced and allows for good articulation.
Such is the popularity of these bows among very advanced and professional cellists that they never make it onto this website - they are usually all snapped up before they make it into the public domain. After having imported some 40 of them over a number of years, this is the first time one is displayed here.
Several of these bows are available. Individual bows may differ slightly in features from the one shown in the photos below.
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The Stick :
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Pernambuco cut to a round stick.
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The Nut :
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Ebony with large plain mother-of-pearl eye.
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Mountings :
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Silver. Adjuster button in plain silver with eye insert in the end.
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Lapping :
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Silver lapping. Black leather thumbpad in imitation lizard skin texture..
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Condition :
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Mint. Brand new.
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Provenance :
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Owned by Johan Grobbelaar
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Price :
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R6 500
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Approximately US$ 420
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