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Dominique Peccatte bow arrives from France

You’re never bored of a Peccatte

The day you get bored of a Violin bow by Dominique Peccatte arriving is the day you should pull down the shutters and go into another business!

Very few dealers in the world are fortunate enough to be able to offer these tremendous bows to their customers. All his bows have their own distinctive personalities, always fabulous to play, if a passage you’re playing isn’t working it will not be the bows fault!
They are especially helpful in stressful playing situations, big solos in front of a large audience or in recording sessions. For many first rate soloist a Dominique Peccatte is their first choice to use, even if they have a collection.

Can you hear the difference?

A few years ago I was playing in an orchestra accompanying Sarah Chang playing the Brahms concerto. Her sound was not as strong nor as clear after the rehearsal break, this perplexed me. After the rehearsal I asked her if she had changed anything, she said the first half of the rehearsal was played on her Peccatte, after the break her Pajeot, the difference amazed me.

Henryk Szeryng for instance owned many bows, he sometimes even gave them away to deserving people, a very kind gesture! After his death his wife said for the last six years of his life he only used his Peccatte. Similarly if you look carefully at videos or photographs of Christian Ferras or Ivry Gitlis you can plainly see them holding their Peccatte bows, Ferras’ Peccatte, a rare octagonal, is especially beautiful.

The Peccatte arriving this week is from around 1845, at this point Peccatte has just returned to Mirecourt to set up his workshop having left Paris. Bows from this period are his most sought after as he reaches his apogee. As soon as it arrives you shall see a full description.