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Emile Auguste Ouchard violin bow, Paris circa 1937.
A fine silver mounted violin bow made by Emile Auguste Ouchard Fils made c 1937 - one of the finest 20th century bow makers. (certificate Raffin cabinet).
The stick wears the original EA. Ouchard brand stamp. E.A. Ouchard.Fils
Made after his famous Magadur model.
All parts original.
The elegant round stick is made from very beautiful golden pernambuco wood, its straight, strong, well chambered.
A fine violin bow with a great balance and a good feel in the right hand.
The total length of the stick is around 72.8 cm and the weight of the bow is 59 gr.
The bow is ready to play, with used Mongolian horse hair.
Fine new winding and new dwark brown lizard leather grip.
Émile Auguste Ouchard.
Émile Auguste Ouchard (1900–1969) was a French bow maker of repute and son and pupil of Émile François Ouchard. Honors & awards include the Grand Prix of the 1942 International Paris Exhibition.
Biography
He was born in 1900 in Mirecourt (Vosges). After his apprenticeship E.A. Ouchard worked for a few years with his father at rue Canon in Mirecourt. Later worked in Paris and the United States, returning to France in the mid 1950s. To be more exact, in 1940 A. Ouchard started his own workshop at rue de Rome in Paris before leaving for the United States in 1946. He first joined RUDIE in New York and then LEWIS & Sons in Chicago. His bows are similar to those of the Voirin-Lamy school. A master craftsman and artist who made bows with perfect symmetry and with the perfect balance of suppleness and resistance for effortless staccato and cantabile sound. He died in Gan in 1969. Collaborators & successors include Bernard Ouchard (b. 1925) (son) and Jean Claude Ouchard (b. 1935) (son).
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