In the ten-minute video below William Watson, employed by W.E. Hill & Sons from 1945 to 1962, demonstrates the bow making process - from start to finish.
The final pupil of William Retford, Watson continued to make bows after leaving the Hill firm and built a reputation as an authority on British bow making. His bows for Hill are stamped with the number 7.
A Violin Bow - The Process of Creation from Dawid Gumula on Vimeo.
Expert and conservator Balthazar Soulier has curated this month’s poster which, for the first time, features an ‘original composite’ violin: the ‘Paderewski, Wendling’, made by Montagnana and Guarneri ‘del Gesù’. Here he places this unique instrument in context and highlights complementary information to enable a better understanding of the poster ...
Alberto Giordano examines a 20th-century violin by the Chiavari-based luthier
Kevin MacDonald finds a wealth of interesting lots at the October sales in London, from fine old Italians to a fiddle by a Cumbrian farmer
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