violin bow
W.E. Hill & Sons
built in London
A violin bow, branded "W.E. Hill and Sons," made in London. Octagonal shaft, silver mount, 59 grams. The tortoiseshell frog is in the archive.
History of this instrument
In 1991, the Musical Instrument Fund purchased a beautiful violin made by the Turin-based luthier Pressenda. The private collector from whom we purchased the violin then gifted us two valuable and excellent bows. This bow comes from the workshop of “Hill and Sons” and is highly prized among the Fund’s musicians. Marcel Dohmen was the first to play it in 1992, followed by musicians such as Lucia-Leonard Raiciof and Bob van der Ent. Eduardo Paredes Crespo also played this English bow.
About the builder W.E. Hill & Sons
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, William Ebsworth Hill and his sons were England’s preeminent violin makers. With their unparalleled knowledge and experience, they set a new standard in British violin making. W.E. Hill began...