These fully-mounted nickel viola bows, crafted from Brazilian ipewood, each bear the stamp of anindividual L’archet Brasil bow maker. We select each bow we offerfor its balance, sound, beauty, and playability.L’archet bowsare created with the quality craftsmanshipthat can enhance the sound you and your instrument produce.We can set up an in-home trial to help you find the bow that is suits your playing style.If you are looking for a bow from a specific bow maker contact the shop to ask about availability.

• Aged Ipe wood
• Fully-mounted nickel frog with Parisian eye
• Abalone slide
• Bone tip
• Silver winding
• Goat-leather thumb-grip
• Stamped with bow maker’s name

While Pernambuco has been the topwood choice of bow makers for the last couple hundred years, the scarcity of the wood and new regulations governing the sale and harvesting of Pernambuco has led to scarcity of new pernambuco bows and big price jumps. L’Archet Brasil has introduced a new lineupusing a similar wood known as ipe or Brazilian walnut. Ipe is a broad term used for several similar species of trees. After trying several similarly-priced pernambuco bowsback-to back with ipe bows,I’m happy to report that, in blindfold test,our violists couldn’tdiscern the differences between theipe and pernambuco bows. L’Archet Brasil will still be offering ipe bows even when pernambuco is again available for export. Try these bowsand discover how good they are. We were able to choosethese bows out of a huge selection to offer the best in playability and tone production.