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This page lists both violin, viola and cello bows and offers the very finest bows currently available in South Africa, including some very important names in bow making. Apart from this current offering, this dealership has through the past 26 years offered the very best in bows, including several Sartorys, many Hills, Weicholds, Nürnbergers, Clutterbucks, Bazins, Bultitudes and very many other makers, all listed in the ‘Archives’ page of this site.
The choice of a bow is highly personal. Johan Grobbelaar tests each bow and provides an honest but expert assessment of each bow’s playing properties, with reference to balance, articulation in détaché and spiccato strokes, and the quality of the tone it draws from the instrument.
Note that currently snakewood Baroque bows are available.
In the listing the violin, viola and cello bows are grouped separately and listed under their own headings. The bows are arranged with the finest at the top. Click on the link to see a page dedicated to the particular bow, complete with expert and honest commentary, technical information, but above all, superb high resolution photos which endeavour to show the bow in its minutest detail.
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