Bow maker
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bow-maker-167-14917366
title:
Bow maker
text:
A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores antique or modern bows for bowed string instruments. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc. The French word for bowmaker is archetier, meaning one who makes bows of the string family of instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass.
The root of the word comes from archet—pronounced —the bow. A bow maker typically uses between 150 and 200 hairs from the tail of a horse for a vio
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description:
Person who makes bows for string instruments
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_maker
date created:
2009-01-18T16:16:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T14:38:12Z
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