Andrea Proietti Tourte Model Violin Bow

This violin 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 bow is stamped "Andrea PROIETTI" and weighs 60.6 grams. It has a round stick of pernambuco, with a lapping of silver tinsel and black thread, and a leather grip. The frog is of ebony, fully silver mounted with a pearl eye, and the button is three parts of silver and ebony. 

The bow has a springy stick, with a smooth character and feeling in all parts of the bow. Articulations are easy and accessible, and as smooth as the stick feels, it does not lack a sense of bite and grip for strokes like martelé or up-bow staccato. Its spiccato and sautillé have an abundant amount of energy and take very little to sustain. Overall, it would be a perfect bow for a someone engaged in tertiary study or playing professionally. 

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