This is a finest example of Thomachot's work and in superb near mint condition. It's a really fine player's bow, flexible but strong. The bow was also exhibited in Cremona when the bow was first made.
Thomachot himself says there are three things to be considered when buying a new bow: sound, sound, and sound. This bow is no exception!
 
Thomachot's gold mounted work rarely touches the secondary market and is exceptionally rare, so this is a great opportunity for a player or collector to acquire a top contemporary bow.
 
WEIGHT: 82.2 Grams
MOUNTS: Gold and Ebony
CERTIFICATE: Maker's
 
About Stephane:
 
Stéphane Thomachot was born in 1959 in Bourg-la-Reine, France, and studied bow making at Mirecourt under Bernard Ouchard from 1975 to 1978.
 
Upon graduation, he worked under Philippe Bodart in Marseilles and then at Max Möller & Son in Amsterdam. In 1981, he opened his own workshop in Paris, where he primarily did repairs. After winning gold medals for viola bow in 1982 and for violin bow in 1984 at VSA Competitions, he gradually turned his attention exclusively to bow making.
 
Stéphane Thomachot received a Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 1989 and the honorary title of Maître d’Art from the French Minister of Culture in 1994. Bowmakers from all over the world who have come to work at his workshop in Paris, many whom subsequently became award winning master makers themselves.
 
In 2001, he left Paris for Cucuron, a little village in Provence, where he has his studio today where he still continues to inspire the next generation.