Josef Sandner Engraved Sterling Silver Cello Bow – Bubenreuth circa 2015 -CURRENTLY OUT ON TRIAL-

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The Sandner family name goes back almost 300 years in the art of violin and bow making. The family came from Schönbach, and Ober-Schönbach, Czechoslovakia. There are over 60 families recorded with that surname that made instruments and bows. They originated in the Schönbach area of Czechoslovakia which is about 22-27 miles from the current German border. Because of wars and better economics many of these families left and migrated into what was known in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s as Bohemia. Many in the family also became engaged in producing necks, scrolls, pegs, fingerboards, and chinrests for the trade. This was an especially lucrative business, making parts in the later 19th century and even up to 1920.

Our sterling mounted cello bow was made by Josef Sandner of Bubenreuth, Germany. The bow is pernambuco and is a firm piece, octagonal-section, and the silver is engraved on the frog and the button, as well as the tip. The wood is where it is at in a stick and this piece is beyond impressive. This pernambuco probably was harvested in the early to mid-1900’s and arrived as impressive logs. In Germany the logs would have been cut into portion size billets and stacked very carefully in a bow maker’s barn or workshop to dry for 15-20 years before being used for a bow. The wood is incremented well with octagonal facets and shows a masculine tip that bow carries in strong lines throughout. The frog is a Parisian eye model, and the button is three pieces, engraved with the center ebony section consisting of 2 mm. pearl eyes on every facet. This bow is at a professional level for a serious player.

Weight fully haired 81.9 grams