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A beautiful French cello bow by Prosper Colas - made around 1900.
With J.F. raffin certificate - original brand stamp on the stick.
Prosper Colas (1842 - 1919) was trained in Mirecourt and worked for J.B. Vuillaume in Paris.
This cello bow impersonates all of the superbe playing qualities that French bows are well known for.
Beautiful brown pernambuco stick, strong, but souple elegant, draws a full buy refined cello sound.
The lenght of the stick is 69.2 cm (4/4 size), and the perfect weight of the bow is ca. 79.5 g.
All parts original !
It comes with a new hair, new winding, ready to play.
More French cello bows
Biography of Prosper Colas - John Dilworth
COLAS, Prosper Born 1842 Coincourt, died 1919 Paris France. Christened as François, later adopted the name Prosper. Trained in Mirecourt, worked in Paris from 1871 for J. B. Vuillaume, but was able to use his own brand in the same period. Established independently in Paris, producing bows in a variety of grades, but generally of the Bazin and Vuillaume style. His shop was taken over by the Feret-Marcotte company, general musical instrument retailers, who also sold the work of P. Maline and other respected luthiers. Several brands: ‘P.C.’, ‘PROSPER COLAS A PARIS’, ‘PROSPER COLAS-PARIS’, ‘TOURTE’ and ‘LUPOT’. [Millant/Raffin]
Biography of Prosper Colas - Willibald Leo Lütgendorff
Seit 1873 in Paris ansässiger Bogenmacher.