Viola Bow

One of the finest bowmakers of the 20th century, Richaume spent his entire life surrounded by fine bows and brilliant bowmakers. He began his training under Emile F. Ouchard, working alongside another great young bowmaker, Emile A. Ouchard. He worked with his uncle, Jules Fetique, who worked with Sartory for many years. He also spent

Probably the finest bow maker of the 20th century, Eugène Sartory studied with his father in Mirecourt and went on to work for Charles Peccatte and Alfred Lamy in Paris. In 1889 Sartory set up his own workshop at the age of 18, becoming completely self-sufficient as a maker by 1910. While he was influenced

Émile Auguste Ouchard was born in Mirecourt in 1900. He started studying bowmaking at the age of 13 with his father, Émile François Ouchard. At the time Émile François worked out of the workshop of Eugene Cuniot-Hury. After 10 years, the father and son opened their own workshop. Auguste Ouchard’s work improved over the next

Born in Mirecourt France in 1881, bowmaker André Vigneron began to assist his father Joseph Arthur Vigneron at his shop in Paris at the end of the 19th century. His model at first hewed closely to that of his father, with somewhat thinner heads, and the two worked well together until the father’s death in