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Dance of the swans: the bows of Charles Nicolas Bazin

2025-02-07T09:33:00+00:00

The Tourte-model bows by Charles Nicolas Bazin represent the pinnacle of elegance and refinement in the history of French bow making. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the swan-head model, Richard Morency examines some of the finest examples

1930c Ladislaus Baczynski

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‘Master of the violin, artist of the soul’: Władysław Baczyński

2025-01-24T08:32:00+00:00

Władysław Baczyński overcame a life of tragedy to become one of Poland’s most highly regarded 20th-century violin makers. Grzegorz Kaproń tells his story

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The Weidhaas–Finkel bow making dynasty: an exclusive close-up look at the family’s output

2024-12-06T08:32:00+00:00By

In the December 2024 issue, Gennady Filimonov tells the story of the Weidhaas and Finkel bow making families. Here he examines several bows by three of the dynasty’s best-known archetiers

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