cello bow
Jan Strumphler
built in Vleuten in 2002
A cello bow, made by Jan Strumphler in Vleuten, 2002.
Current player
Pippa Drijver
from Wilhelm Paul Kunze
History of this instrument
In 2001, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Jan Strumphler of Vleuten to build this cello bow. Funding was made possible by a private donation. Anne Meike Burgel was the first lucky player to use the bow; she had it on loan for eight years. It then spent several years with Pieter de Koe, followed by Wilma de Bruijn, and subsequently passed to Ruben Veldhuyzen van Zanten and Rachel Daniels. Currently, Pippa Drijver is the lucky cellist who holds the Vleuten bow.
About the builder Jan Strumphler
Jan Strumphler was born in 1958 in Haarlem. In 1984, he moved to Newark-on-Trent to study at the renowned violin-making school. He graduated in 1987 and went on to work for bow maker Matthew Coltman in London, specializing in bow making.