instrument
cello bow
C. Jochen Schmidt
built in Dresden in 1997
A cello bow made and stamped by C. Jochen Schmidt in Dresden, 1997. Weight: 83.5 grams.
History of this instrument
In 2010, the Musical Instrument Fund purchased this Schmidt cello bow from a private collector. Anne Meike Burgel was the first cellist to play with the bow; currently, Andrej van Brakel is the lucky one.
About the builder C. Jochen Schmidt
Jochen Schmidt was born on February 1, 1969, in Klingenthal, Germany. The son of renowned bow maker and expert Hans-Karl Schmidt, he later moved to Dresden. A year later, he began taking cello lessons with Friedrich Milatz in Dresden. In...