violin bow
Roger Lotte
built in Mirecourt in ± 1950
A violin bow, made by Roger Lotte in Mirecourt, ca. 1950.
History of this instrument
This violin bow by Roger Lotte was bequeathed to the Musical Instrument Fund in 2018—along with other bows and instruments. The donor was a violinist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, a composer, and a researcher of microtonal music. He also bequeathed a number of musical instruments to the Huygens-Fokker Foundation, the center for the study and performance of microtonal music. Among these instruments were a five-string violin, a saz, and a three-string pipa or liuqin. According to Benjamin Torjuul, ever since the bow entered the collection of the Musical Instrument Fund, he has been the fortunate player of this French bow.
About the builder Roger Lotte
Roger François Lotte was one of the last bow makers who could still be counted among the great French School. He came from a family in which both of his grandfathers had been bow makers. His father was also a bow maker. After finishing...