instrument
violin bow
Johann Stüber
built in The Hague in ± 1940
A violin bow, made by Johann Stüber in The Hague, ca. 1940. Round shaft with silver mountings.
Current player
Talent
Tim de Vries
plays a
violin bow
from Johann Stüber
from Johann Stüber
History of this instrument
In 2001, the Musical Instrument Fund received a collection of two violins and two bows on loan from a private individual. This Stüber violin bow is one of them. Inge Diederen played this bow from The Hague for many years; Tim de Vries is currently the player.
About the builder Johann Stüber
Johann Stüber was born in 1888 in Markneukirchen, among the violin makers who had settled there since the 17th century. He learned his craft from violin maker Otto Braun, a fellow resident of the town, and subsequently traveled to Berlin...