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Gilles Nehr is one of the premier makers of his generation and is known worldwide for his innovations in bow design. Gilles seldom makes traditional bows these days, so we're thrilled to offer this exceptional example mounted in silver!
 
This is a sturdy, but flexible bow geared slightly more toward the tip. The wood is dark and dense with spectacular figurations when viewed in natural light and it tracks on the string exceptionally well. It wraps around the strings when playing big chords and is a bow capable of drawing every ounce of sound from a fiddle.
 
This is a rare opportunity to acquire a silver mounted traditional bow from one of the best makers working today!
 
WEIGHT: 61 grams
MOUNTS: Silver and ebony
 
About Gilles:
Gilles was born in the southwest of France, near Bordeaux. From a very young age, his passion for drawing took most of his free time. At age 16, attracted by the artistic profession of his cousin, master bowmaker Jean-Pascal Nehr, Gilles Nehr became his apprentice in Marseille and graduated in bowmaking at Mirecourt at 19. 
 
Gilles Nehr moved to Toulouse to work in Stéphane Muller' workshop. Two years later, convinced by his knowledge of the purest French tradition, René Morel hired him as the only bowmaker in his workshop on 54th street in New York City. Gilles Nehr was the bowmaker of the world's top musicians: Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern, Joshua Bell, Midori, Jamie Laredo and many more. During this time, as he restored and observed bows of unique beauty and value, he developed a new -Bêche bow was born. 
 
In 1999 Gilles Nehr left René Morel rare violins. Along with selling his own bows, traditional and Tête-Bêche model, he was the exclusive caretaker of the Juilliard School bow collection.
 
In 2002 Gilles Nehr moved back to Europe and set up his new workshop in Lisbon. He participated the only competition he ever participated, the BVMA International Violin and Bowmaking Competition, at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he won a prize for best craftsmanship.
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Gilles Nehr lived in Rome, then Berlin, and moved back in 2017 to the Bordeaux region in France. As of 2018, Gilles is proudly represented by Bay Fine Strings.