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Bernard Ouchard was the son of Émile Auguste Ouchard and the grandson of Émile François Ouchard, both famous bowmakers. He learned his craft from his father and later worked for Vidoudez (a violinmaker of international repute) in Geneva. He was asked to return to France and give a new impetus to the revival of the French tradition(s) of bow ...
Joseph Alfred Lamy (père) (8 September 1850 – 1919), was an important French archetier (bow maker) of the early twentieth century known as Lamy Père. He was born in Mirecourt, Vosges, France, where he apprenticed from 1862 to 1868, and later worked from 1877 to 1885 for François Nicolas Voirin in Paris.
Dominique Peccatte (15 July 1810 – 13 January 1874) was a French luthier and above all a renowned bow maker. [1] He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and later worked with Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume . He is notable for adapting the "hatchet-shaped" type head — a model arrived at by Tourte — and is considered one of the most influential bow makers.
"Louis Morizot trained many pupils including Bernard Millant and his five sons Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot.." Among the six sons son's of Louis Père, the well-known Mirecourt bow maker, René (the youngest), is the only one to have dedicated his life to violin making."
The French word for bowmaker (bow maker) is archetier, meaning one who makes bows of the string family of instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass. [1] The root of the word comes from archet—pronounced —the bow. A bow maker typically uses between 150 and 200 hairs from the tail of a horse for a violin bow.
He was a great craftsman and was responsible for producing a great many bows that are still in demand. In his Mirecourt workshop, he employed some of the most famous bow makers. In the first six years of the 1900s there were between 12 and 17 makers producing some 2 000 - 3 000 quality bows a year.
The chamfer of a Simon bow follows a large, generous curve which can be seen from the profile. Also, the chamfers are quite symmetrical in a Simon bow. Pierre made bows for Vuillaume, Gand Frères, Gand & Bernardel Frères, George Chanot and Bernardel et Fils. Pierre's brother, Barthélémy, younger by two years, was also a bow maker. [2]
Bernard Millant inspecting a bow at the Le Canu Millant shop in Paris, France. Bernard Millant (1929 – 5 April 2017) was a bow maker, archetier and luthier in Paris, France. He was the son of Max Millant. He studied violin-making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bow-making with Louis Morizot alongside the ...