Baroque Bows...

[Calvin Marks]

Originally Posted by Matt Minteer

Yeah, going with what Calvin said. Who is the maker? Are french style baroque bows very common(for bass)?

Yes and no. It really depends what treatise you read and who you talk to. A lot of overhand baroque bows for bass are actually Violone bows meant to be held underhand with viol style bowing. It's somewhat confusing since in the Baroque period (especially) there was a ton of confusion over Violones/Double Basses. If you take a look at a lot of photos you can find bass players from the 1600's using an overhand grip, but the majority of overhand bass bows are going to be from the classical era mainly due to the fact that the outward camber of the baroque stick made it somewhat impractical to be held overhand.