instrument
violin bow
Louis Joseph Morizot
built in Mirecourt
A violin bow, made by L. Morizot, Mirecourt. Octagonal shaft, ebony frog, and silver mountings.
Current player
Talent
Stephanie van Duijn
plays a
violin
from Anonymous
from Anonymous
History of this instrument
In 1995, the Musical Instrument Fund received a violin and this Morizot violin bow on loan from a private individual. Marleen de Bruin was the first to play with the bow and enjoyed it for a long time. Hawijch Elders and Eline de Vries followed her, and Stephanie van Duijn is the current player of this bow from Mirecourt.
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...