Here is a Golden Period Tourte bow weighing 60g made from pernambuco cut on the slab rather than on the quarter. It arrived with an extremely early head repair in Ivory that has now been replaced with a pernambuco clavette. I am always pleased to see Ivory splines as they are a very early way of restoration and indeed Lafleur occasionally put these in his new bows to add strength.

The frog and button are new first class replicas made to the exact dimensions of what would have originally been on this stupendous bow. The stick is robust, strong and masculine in character, it is capable of all that a thoughtful soloist would require. It has a warm, dark, broad rich full sound and brings more out of a violin than most other makers can achieve.

Of course it would be true to say that without damage this bow would be one of the very best Tourte bows still in existence.