instrument
viola bow
François Lotte
built in Paris
A viola bow, made and stamped by François Lotte. Silver mount, round pernambuco shaft, double eye on the frog, and one-piece tip.
Current player
Talent
Michiel Wittink
plays a
viola bow
from François Lotte
from François Lotte
History of this instrument
This Lotte viola bow was donated to the Musical Instrument Fund in 2018. Since then, Gioia Kuipers and Jan Moraal have been on loan this bow. Michiel Wittink is currently the player of this French bow.
About the builder François Lotte
From the moment the bow maker François Lotte returned from captivity, he went by the nickname KG. He had earned it because he had been held in a German internment camp; it was the abbreviation for “krijgsgevangene” (prisoner of war)....