violin bow
Louis Joseph Morizot
built in Mirecourt in 1900
A violin bow, made by Louis Morizot in Mirecourt, ca. 1900.
Current player
Brit Rijnen
from Ettore Soffritti
History of this instrument
In 2018, this Morizot violin bow—along with other bows and instruments—was bequeathed to the Musical Instrument Fund. The testator 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. Since the Morizot entered the collection of the Musical Instrument Fund, Brit Issa Rijnen has been in possession of this French violin bow.
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...