violin bow
Karel van der Meer
built in Amsterdam
A violin bow from the workshop of Karel van der Meer, round shaft, silver mount, ivory frog, 59 grams. The bow sleeve has a repaired tear. No legible mark.
History of this instrument
Marieke Hinzen was the first person to play the violin bow from Karel van der Meer’s workshop. The Musical Instrument Fund received this bow in 1992 as part of an estate. Sidonie Riha and Olivia Scheepers played this bow for many years; since 2019, it has been in the possession of Laura Vilela Garcia.
About the builder Karel van der Meer
It is thanks to Karel van der Meer that the somewhat stagnant Dutch violin-making world was able to revive itself at the end of the nineteenth century. He made very few instruments himself; his contribution lies more in the fact that he...