M. Pereira Nickel Mounted Pernambuco Cello Bow – Portugal 2025

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Founded in the United States in 2004, L’Archet Brasil had a mission to distribute bows made by skilled luthiers in Brazil. The business model was that L’Archet would distribute the bows in the U.S. and the bowmakers would retain their independence. L’Archet has since expanded to Europe and Japan. In Portugal, they have five bowmakers and three apprentices. This is an exciting time for the company and took much prayer and courage to relocate to another continent and bring entire families along too. Great job Geroge M. and your team of bow makers.

This is a pernambuco specie nickel cello bow made for us in 2025. It was handmade in Portugal by Marcello Pereira for J.R. Judd Violins and is round section, pernambuco, and mounted in nickel silver with a standard nickel winding and leather thumb grip. The ebony frog is a Parisian eye model; mother-of-pearl eyes surrounded by thin silver ring. The frog is fully lined, and the bow is finished with a wild colored mother-of-pearl slide, bone tip, and the adjuster has a three-piece octagonal button. Pereira is one of my favorite bow makers formerly making in Brazil. He has great insight on the layout of a bow: excellent cambers and his choice of wood selection always tend to be firm in it’s make up – which I like when choosing sticks for our shop. The cello bow is firm, plays well, and shows Marcello’s excellent workmanship. This is a WOW stick, an excellent choice for a player looking for a great bow to bring out the sound on your cello.

Weight fully haired 80.8 grams