violin bow
Marcel Gaston Fétique
built in Paris in ± 1940
A violin bow, made and stamped by Marcel Fétique in Paris (France), ca. 1940. Octagonal shaft, silver mount, ebony rounded frog with eye and ring.
History of this instrument
In 1998, the Musical Instrument Fund received a collection of instruments on loan from a private individual. We were able to add two violins and no fewer than four bows—including this Fétique violin bow—to our collection. Blichta Hoopman was the first to play it, followed by Jorge Manuel Jimenez, Camilla van der Kooij, and Takehiro Konoe, among others. Leonid Nikishin is the current player of this Parisian bow.
About the builder Marcel Gaston Fétique
After his father passed away, Marcel Fétique placed advertisements for his own workshop with the headline “Victor Fétique Archets Artistiques” and, below that, “M. Fétique, son and successor.” His intention was to show customers that he...