Key Features
- French Style Bow for the Professional Musician
- Nickel Mountings for Reliable Usage
- Brazillian Pernambuco Stick for Weighted Feel
- Pearloid Eyelet for an Intricately Detailed Look
- Made Entirely from Sustainable Sources
OFFLINE Marco Raposo Pernambuco Bass Bow, French Style Overview
The Marco Raposo French Style Double Bass Bow utilises the best of the French and German Bow making traditions. This bow combines intricate hand crafting methods with modern technological advancements for a feel that's both familiar and consistent. The Brazilian Pernambuco material translates the subtle nuances and expression in your performance for an open weight on the strings. The Marco Raposo French Double bass bow enables the advanced and musician to develop and articulate their own tonal characteristics and playing style.
Product Ref: 75553
Full Description
View Full DescriptionAbout Marco Raposo
After studying the art of bow manufacture in New Hampshire, Marco Raposo established his work shop in Domingos Martins, Brazil. By utilising one of the most precious forms of Pernambuco wood, the Pau-Brasil, Raposo achieved a high quality bow that translates the sound in each musician’s head to the strings. His manufacturing style combines the best attributes of German and French traditions, providing each musician access to unlimited playing styles.
Ecology and Sustainability
Marco Raposo has always played a large part in the conservation and sustainability of Pernambuco, which has been declared as a protected species of wood. Working closely with forestry officials and their own production facility managing a large forested area, the company helps prevent major damage to the environment, while maintaining and growing the highly desired Pau-Brasil Pernambuco. This results in the quality which is demonstrated across the range of Marco Raposo bows.
Specifications
- Style: French
- Stick: Pernambuco
- Frog: Ebony
- Length: 66.8cm
- Weight Without Hair: 135 Grams
- Slide: Pearl
- Thumb: Leather
- Mountings: Nickel
- Eyelet: Pearl
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