Andrea Proietti Pajeot Model Cello Bow

This cello bow was made by Andrea Proietti in 2024, at his workshop in Cesena. Proietti was born in 1976, and began his career as a bow-maker in Cremona at the age of 21. Over the next few years, he worked with Katia Luis and Remi Bertaux in Avignone, Edwin Clemènt in Paris, and subseqently returned to Cremona to work in the workshop of Giovanni Lucchi. In addition to his making, Proietti also taught at the International School of Bowmaking in Cremona for almost a decade in the 2000's. From 2007, Proietti has been working in his own workshop in Cesena, producing violin, viola, and cello bows that have garnered much acclaim in Europe, recently winning a prize at the 19th ANLAI International Violin Making Competition for one of his bows. This bow comes with a certificate of authenticity from the maker. 

The maker's stamp "Andrea PROIETTI" can be found underneath the frog. It has a round stick of pernambuco weighing 79.0g, with a lapping of silver tinsel and thread, and a leather grip. The frog is of ebony, mounted in silver, bearing a pearl eye. The button is in three parts of silver and ebony. 

It has a strong, articulate tone with lots of grip and edge to the sound. Both this, and it being weighted slightly more towards the tip, is especially helpful in the lower registers of the cello where clarity is so important, and is also a benefit to a range of different bow strokes. Strokes like spiccato are both responsive and characterful, and on the whole the bow facilitates a great deal of different expressive possibilities and colours. This bow would be best suited to a player at a tertiary or professional level. 

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