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The company was founded by Pete Shepley [1] in Mahomet, Illinois, and has its corporate headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. [2] PSE Archery is one of the leading bow, crossbow and flowbow manufacturers in the world, its products are widely used in many fields including hunting and sports. [3]
A bowyer is a master-craftsman who makes bows. Though this was once a widespread profession, the importance of bowyers and of bows was diminished by the introduction of gunpowder weaponry. However, the trade has survived and many bowyers continue to produce high-end bows. Freshly cut wood split into bow staves.
William Lewis & Son was a distinguished Chicago-based music store that specialized in violins and bows.The firm was founded in 1874. [1] In 1995, the company was purchased by Selmer, and has since become a division of Conn-Selmer, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments.
Earl Hoyt Sr. was the founder, owner, and president of Hoyt archery [3] and was born in 1911, where he lived in St. Louis, MO. In 1931 he started his company Hoyt Archery. [ 4 ] In 1971 Earl married his wife Ann Weber Hoyt, they met many times at exhibition and on a tournament, and started to date around the 1960s.
A bow maker typically uses between 150 and 200 hairs from the tail of a horse for a violin bow. Bows for other members of the violin family typically have a wider ribbon, using more hairs. White hair generally produces a smoother sound and black hair (used mainly for double bass bows) is coarser, producing a rougher sound.
John Dodd (1752 in London – 1839 in Richmond, Surrey) was a British bowmaker.He was considered to be the greatest English bowmaker before and until James Tubbs. [1]He was a gunlock fitter and then a money scale maker before turning to bow making.
Picture of a longbow made with wood, 2013. A longbow is a type of tall bow that makes a fairly long draw possible. Longbows for hunting and warfare have been made from many different woods in many cultures; in Europe they date from the Paleolithic era and, since the Bronze Age, were made mainly from yew, or from wych elm if yew was unavailable.
Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family is a seminal luthier reference book compiled by the late Chicago violinist Joseph Madison Roda (1894–1970) [1] and published in 1959 by William Lewis and Son of Chicago. The book is about bows and bow makers and includes detailed illustrations prepared by Gladys Mickel Bell (1901–1992). [2]