vio.lino Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Thoughts on this bow? My dealer is asking $3500 for it https://imgur.com/gallery/R90cwQn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Did he say who made it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vio.lino Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 It’s stamped as you can see in the pics on imgur, but he says that they can’t attribute it to anyone for sure. I feel like the frog and ferrule are pretty distinctive, but I’m not an expert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 It is very expensive for an anonymous German nickel-mounted bow stamped BAUSCH. But if it plays better than anything else in your price range, it might be worth $3500 to you. I suggest that you try more bows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Brown Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, Brad Dorsey said: It is very expensive for an anonymous German nickel-mounted bow stamped BAUSCH. But if it plays better than anything else in your price range, it might be worth $3500 to you. I suggest that you try more bows. I tend to agree. The half mounted frog makes me rather suspicious . Seems rather high. DLB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 19 minutes ago, vio.lino said: ...I feel like the frog and ferrule are pretty distinctive... They look quite ordinary to me. Edit: Upon taking another look, I see that the long pearl slide in the frog is pretty distinctive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 It's a simple Markneukirchen area trade bow. The long pearl slide is the cheap version of metal work. IMO more close to 350. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Yes, could be a typo from the OP, one 0 too many. Nickel mounts and a brazilwood stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vio.lino Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 This was priced at $3500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, vio.lino said: This was priced at $3500 3500US or another currency? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vio.lino Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 USD LOL is it that unbelievable? It plays very well, something I couldn’t imagine being $350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 you should play more bows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Just now, duane88 said: you should play more bows. Yes, and from a different dealer(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipKT Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Blank face said: It's a simple Markneukirchen area trade bow. The long pearl slide is the cheap version of metal work. IMO more close to 350. Exactly what I thought. Not a bad bow, maybe, but look at random violin shops and see what $3500 will buy you. This is a nickel mounted Bausch-stamped bow, owned by the heirs of a colleague. They asked me to flog it for them and I sent these pictures to Tarisio. They politely declined. Yours is a better bow, but definitely the same level.of bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blank face Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 5 hours ago, PhilipKT said: Yours is a better bow, but definitely the same level.of bow. The cello bow has a metal heel plate and a halfway decent carved head, features the OP bow is missing. So it's definitely the lesser bow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 I really don't like how the back corner of the frog has been rounded off, looks like at one time a corner was chipped off the ebony. Repairing it, that was too much trouble for someone, and they decided just to sand it all away (badly) on a disc sander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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