L. Bausch – Beautiful Older German Violin Bow , Leipzig c. 1900

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L. BAUSCH LEIPZIG Violin Bow c. 1900 Lepzig
Stamped: L. BAUSCH
This is a fine violin bow out of Leipzig, Germany and the workshop of Ludwig Bausch &
Sohn. Ludwig Bausch moved his workshop to Leipzig in 1839. After 1874 Adorf W. E.
Paulus, a longtime employee, took over the running of the shop until 1899. His son, who
had the same name managed the shop until 1908. Bows with the “L. Bausch Leipzig” stamp
would have still been sold while the shop was under the management of the Paulus family.
This is one of those bows. These Bausch model bows were made in both quantity
and in various qualities which were then sold as ”Bausch” models to different dealers in
Germany and then to North America. An “L. Bausch Leipzig” gold mounted violin bow just
sold for 21 K in February 2025 in the Chicago Instrument Auction. Yes, these bows are nice,
a testimony to the family’s attention to detail, quality workmanship, playability and the fact
that they just specialized in bows for almost a century and a half. It is also a known fact
that “L. BAUSCH” bows for a time of 35 years were supplied by the famous Knopf shop,
Heinrich Knopf (Berlin) unstamped, and then were stamped at the Bausch workshop
as Bausch model bows.

Our bow is a nickel mounted and stamped L. BAUSCH. The bow is of pernambuco specie, round in section and nickel mounted. I
have replaced the winding and leather, everything else on the bow is original. I used my formula for cleaning the stick 90
proof alcohol, simple green and turpentine solution to treat and clean the stick which was
black, full of dirt and grime when first started. The round section wood under the dirt is
quite remarkable, tight grain old growth pernambuco. The wood shows a
beautiful darker orange brown color. The bow maker determines the sticks section while
working with the wood. The bow is semi firm with a little bit of flex. The frog is fully lined, the heell is of one-piece and the
metal lining is attached to the ebony with silver pins – not screws. It has a traditional ebony
frog containing single mother of pearl eyes and a slightly flanged mother of pearl slide. The endscew finished the frog in three pieces with
a pearl eye on the end. The bow is all handmade and feels lite in the hand when playing. This is an excellent 125 year old bow ready for a serious player.

Weight of the bow fully hair 61.2 grams
SKU#: 16338