Bow Category: Sold

This FC Pfretzschner viola bow was most likely made in Markneukirchen, Germany for the Gewa company in the middle of the 20th century.  Gold mounted with a tortoiseshell frog, it plays beautifully and is nice and strong.

This beautiful gold mounted bow was made by Brazilian bow maker, Marcos Pereira.  Marcos started making bows at the age of 18 in 1990 and has been making bows for the Arcos Brazil Group for many years.

Marcel Charles Lapierre came from humble beginnings, child of a plasterer and a worker of the Laberte firm.  Marcel became a bowmaker and worked for a veritable “Who’s Who” of Mirecourt makers.  Jerome Thibouville-Lamy, Brouillier & Lotte, Francois Lotte, Louis Bazin, Morizot freres and Emile Auguste Ouchard are all shops he worked for before finally settling down in Mirecourt and opening his own shop.  His bows made pre-1960 are considered his best work and are in high demand.

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Charles Louis Bazin, son of Charles Nicolas Bazin, was born in 1881 in Mirecourt, France where he lived his entire life making beautiful bows.  In 1907 he officially took over his father’s business while continuing to work with Charles Nicolas until his death in 1915.  A career interrupted by two World Wars, he served in the infantry in WWI.  His son Charles Alfred followed in his footsteps, joining the shop in 1922 and collaborating on many bows for the next decades until Charles Louis died in 1953 leaving a legacy of fine bows that continue to produce beautiful music.

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Louis Joseph Morizot was born in 1874, the son of a metal worker and the nephew of Mirecourt bow maker, Nicolas Maline.  First apprenticed with Eugene Cuniot he then worked for Charles Nicolas Bazin.  Around 1914 Louis Joseph then began collaborating with Eugene Sartory whose style influenced his frog making for the rest of his career.  He opened his own business around 1919 and  five of his six sons began working in the shop leading to the formation of the partnership known as Louis Morizot & Fils (sons).  This partnership created one of the most successful bow shops in Mirecourt.  When Louis Joseph died in 1957 he left a legacy as one of the greatest and prolific bow makers in the 20th century.

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