Peter Hembrough bows

Here is a superb late Tubbs bow with some wear and a repaired head, some minimal damage to the frog and a later button! Sounds awful in ways, that is until you put the bow onto the string, then suddenly you realise you are in the presence of a first class soloists bow.

£4,500

For over twenty years I have been a huge admirer of this great maker’s output, at first his bows confused me as they look identical to Sartory. This made sense when I subsequently learnt that he worked for Sartory from 1902-1934.

£16,000 plus vat.

Here is a first class bow from this great maker. His bows are always a delight to use, especially so in a chamber music setting. Both Kreisler and Ehlman spent a great deal of their playing careers using a Lamy bow.

£16,000 plus VAT

These bows offer tremendous value, especially so when you look at the quality of the work on the stick and head on the bow. My goodness this is very fine work. It has a Lafleur style frog and button from the same era, this is not a big shock,

£4,800

£2,800

Here is a superb school of Maire bow circa 1850 made from a very attractive ‘Bois exotique’ wood, brown with deep red veins running throughout. Mounted in Mailechordt it is a real beauty.

£1,850

Here is a typical fine example of this fine french school of bow making circa 1930.

Made circa 1930 this is a tremendous bow made from very attractive figured pernambuco. A strong stick it weighs 58g and its point of balance is a very fine 26.7cms. It is mounted in Mailechordt and is a splendid representative of French bow making during this turbulent time.

£1,700

Here is a French violin bow from perhaps the apogee of making, circa 1860. As Jean-Francois Raffin states on the certificate it is an interesting specimen from this great school of bow making. In the workshop it transpired that the bow has beautiful pernambuco, not amourette. This bow provides a good route into fine bow ownership, a bow of this calibre shall undoubtedly put a smile on your face in performance!

SOLD

Here is a very special bow made during the Second World War circa 1940, war bows are often very special, I have sold several from Eugene Sartory from this period, making bows in a war setting clearly concentrated the minds of these fine makers.

SOLD

This bow is in lovely condition the stick and button are correct, the frog is French being from a similar time but not from the workshop. According to documents in the early 1840’s Francois Peccatte employed about ten workers in Mirecourt, production levels were constantly high. Of course he often collaborated with his older brother, a certain Dominique!

£5,800

With F. X. Tourte routinely reaching in excess of €100,000 here is an opportunity to own and use a bow by Tourte L'aîné but in collaboration with his younger brother. Although transitional this bow is a delight to use in any repertoire, but perhaps most at home with the late classical early romantic period works. It sparkles for instance when being used in Beethoven sonatas. Lucky indeed is the musician using a Tourte brothers bow!

£12,000

Pierre Simon served his apprenticeship in Mirecourt before arriving in Paris around 1838 to work with his childhood friend Dominique Peccatte. Two years later he joined the Vuillaume workshop and as Bernard Millant states ‘there he produced many fine, well made bows’.

In beautiful condition it is ready to go having been restored in our Spanish workshop to a first class condition.

£24,000

Here is a rare opportunity to own a Sartory cello bow from his best period around 1910, made from top class pernambuco, many cellists would delight in this bows creamy strong broad sound.

£24,000

It is very nearly impossible to find a Lamy pere violin bow in near mint condition, this is probably why Bernard a Millant bought this Lamy for his own personal collection.
A rare opportunity for the serious collector.

£30,000

An extremely important maker, here is a rare chance to own one of his best examples. From the same era as the hugely influential gold and tortoiseshell Pajeot once owned and extensively played by the late Isaac Stern.

£14,000

Here is a superb example from the Morizot family complete with a certificate from Jean-François Raffin.

The production of this workshop is considerable and, although this bow is one of their entry level student type bows it is still imbued with the tremendous qualities one would expect from such an esteemed family.

£1,600

This type of Lamy pere is extremely easy to date as he made this Vuillaume style bow from 1894-1900. Wonderful to use in stressful chamber orchestra situations, I remember only too well in recording studios with small sections, this type of bow was the 'go to' bow for these times.

£3,000

Here is a wonderful early Sartory with its original Ivory and Silver fittings from the early twentieth century, some would say his best period of work.

£10,000

Complete with a wonderful certificate and 1993 insurance appraisal from the renowned American violin dealers Bein and Fushi. I am delighted to be able to offer this superb Sartory bow with wonderful playing credentials. Its previous owner was Franz Kinberg, one of the best American violin makers of his generation.

£15,000

This is the fourth Richaume I have offered for sale in recent years. From a playing point of view the bow is a delight, with a bright crisp sound and fine articulation abilities. A bow that gives you the impression that you can control your phrasing and add nuance.

£5,200