Professional Viola Bows

This viola bow is stamped "A. Czech" and was made in Australia in the 20th Century. It has a round stick of pernambuco weighing 72.6 grams, with si...

The P5 combines excellent handling with a lovely, full sound, making it a great choice for large violas at a moderate price. With its fine craftsma...

The P5 combines excellent handling with a lovely, full sound, making it a great choice for large violas at a moderate price. With its fine craftsma...

The M5 is a superb bow with no compromises in sound or playability, and for many violists it will be a clear upgrade from the bow they currently us...

Frog: Silver/EbonyLapping: Silver Silk with Goat leather

This viola bow was made by Josef P. Gabriel in Erlangen, Germany. In 1982 he began his apprenticeship as a bow maker under Alfons Riedel in Bubenre...

The P6 enjoys great popularity with violists all around the world. Its sound is on par with the most expensive classical bows, its playability and ...

With a sound on par with the finest wooden bows ever made, but costing only a fraction of those, the T6 is probably the most reasonable of all bows...

The P6 enjoys great popularity with violists all around the world. Its sound is on par with the most expensive classical bows, its playability and ...

The 6-class bows are the heart of the Arcus-bows and our all time best-sellers. Their sound is on par with the most expensive wooden bows, while th...

This viola bow was made by Josef P. Gabriel in Erlangen, Germany. In 1982 he began his apprenticeship as a bow maker under Alfons Riedel in Bubenre...

The clarity, power, response, projection, articulation, richness and brilliance of the T7 surpasses every wooden bow. The T7 is the class of bow wh...

The M7 offers an open, clear and full sound with a range of overtones that wooden bows simply cannot match. Its crisp articulation invites you to e...

It is not very surprising that the P7 is our most successful viola bow. It allows you to deliver perfect performance both in the orchestra and in c...

It is not very surprising that the P7 is our most successful viola bow. It allows you to deliver perfect performance both in the orchestra and in c...

Karl Gerhard Penzel (1927-2017) was the son of bow maker Kurt Walter Penzel. He trained and worked in Erlbach under the direction of his great-uncl...

This viola bow was made in Markneukirchen in the early 20th Century by the Nürnberger family. Having established themselves in Markneukirchen in th...

This viola bow was made by Andrea Proietti in 2024, at his workshop in Cesena. Proietti was born in 1976, and began his career as a bow-maker in Cr...

The T8 is an ideal companion for every soloist. Its instant response allows absolute crisp articulation. Its incredible powerful sound conquers eve...

The silver-mounted P8 is every bit as remarkable as the gold version, letting you play like never before. A little less showy in appearance, it wil...

The silver-mounted P8 is every bit as remarkable as the gold version, letting you play like never before. A little less showy in appearance, it wil...

Mounted in sterling silver, the M8 has a timeless, classic look. It offers the same instant response and warm, powerful sound as the gold-mounted v...

The T8 will certainly surpass your highest expectations. It pulls a fantastic sound and plays with incredible subtlety. Its elegant play and perfec...

The T8 is an ideal companion for every soloist. Its instant response allows absolute crisp articulation. Its incredible powerful sound conquers eve...

The P8 plays and sounds unlike any conventional bow. It allows more precise articulation and a wider palette of dynamics, tempo and tone colour, gi...

The P8 plays and sounds unlike any conventional bow. It allows more precise articulation and a wider palette of dynamics, tempo and tone colour, gi...

The M8 is a superb partner for fine instruments and demanding players. Its instant response and warm yet remarkably powerful sound are complemented...

The son of notable Mirecourt bow-maker Charles-Nicolas Bazin II, Charles Louis Bazin initially learned the trade as an apprentice with his father a...

Born in 1965 in Buckingham, Paul Sadka is a modern bow maker currently working in his own workshop in Cornwall. Sadka first studied bow-making with...

Our 9-class bows are the most improbable bows ever made. When we happened to find the first ones among a batch of new stick we had just made, we in...

Arcus succeeds in making a P9 viola stick only a few times each year. Their sound spectrum is spectacular and their response so smooth that the ins...

Arcus succeeds in making a P9 viola stick only a few times each year. Their sound spectrum is spectacular and their response so smooth that the ins...

Only a small number of M9 viola bows are made each year, as very few sticks achieve the required resonance quality. The result is an extraordinary ...