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Albert Leeson (1904-1946) was an English bow maker.. Albert Leeson worked for the firm W.E. Hill & Sons, starting as an apprentice in 1920 and quickly learning to making the finest fleur-de-lys bows (mounted in silver, gold, or tortoiseshell).
Also, Chicago violinist Joseph Roda (1894–1963) compiled a seminal book with detailed illustrations by Gladys Mickel Bell (1901–1992) about bows and bow makers (1959). German luthier Fridolin Hamma (1881–1969) from Stuttgart compiled a book about German-made violins (1948; 1961) and a similar book about Italian-made violins (1964).
A bow maker/archetier is a person who builds, repairs or restores ancient or modern bows for bowed string instruments Pages in category "Bow makers" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total.
François-Xavier Bazin (10 May 1824 – 1 August 1865) [1] was an important French archetier and master bow maker, and was first of the Bazin dynasty.. Bazin was born in Mirecourt to Joseph Eustache Bazin (1785-1863), judiciary clerk, and Marguerite Laurent.
Gustave BAZIN (1871 - 1920) second son of Charles-Nicolas Bazin II, was the first violin maker in the family. His students included Amèdée Dieudonne, Marcel Vatelot and Charles Enel. René BAZIN (1906 - 1982) son and pupil of Charles-Louis (for bow making), pupil of Dieudonné (for instrument making). He was more attracted by violin making.
In 1976, Lucchi founded a school for bowmaking in Cremona, Italy, [1] where he taught courses in bow construction, maintenance and restoration, as well as style and design. In 1983, Lucchi invented the Lucchi Meter, a device used to measure the speed of sound in wood that has become a standard tool not only for bow makers.
Frank Passa (1916–2001) was an internationally known American maker of bows and violins (archetier and luthier). A native of New York City, Frank Passa was born in 1916 to poor Sicilian immigrants. He was a pupil of Simone Fernando Sacconi a very talented violin maker from Italy.
Ludwig Christian August Bausch (15 January 1805 in Dresden – 26 May 1871 in Leipzig) was a German Bogenmacher / bow maker. He became known as the "German Tourte". Bausch started a dynasty of makers. He studied violin making in Dresden with J.B. Fritsche and eventually set up his own firm in Leipzig.