double bass bow
Louis Joseph Morizot
built in Mirecourt
A double bass bow, made by L. Morizot, Mirecourt. Octagonal shaft, ebony frog, and silver mountings.
History of this instrument
In 1995, the Musical Instrument Fund received a large collection of no fewer than 38 bows, a violin, and a viola as a gift from the mother of the bow maker Daniël ter Berg, who died at a young age. This Morizot double bass bow is part of that collection. Suze Stiphout was the first to play this French bass bow. Len Bielars succeeded her, and Benjamin de Boer is currently the lucky player.
About the builder Louis Joseph Morizot
Louis Joseph Morizot was one of the most important French bow makers active in the first half of the twentieth century. Through a combination of craftsmanship, family spirit, and entrepreneurship, he built a family dynasty of bow makers...