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.
Bow makers Victor Bernard and Emmanuel Carlier were named ‘hors concours’ members, while Canadian luthier Fabienne Gauchet received a double gold for quartet - for the second time
In the December 2024 issue we examine the history of the Linarol dynasty, one of the first violin making families in Venice. Here, Stefano Pio provides some context as to the 16th-century environment in with they worked, as well as a semantic discussion on the terms ‘viole’ and ‘lire’ ...
Test your violin knowledge with some of the questions from the VSA convention’s Trivia Night on Monday 18 November
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