Bibliography of texts relating to bows

Catalogue des Ancients Instruments de Musique (Paris, 1910) 

First National Competition and Exhibition for Violin & Bow Makers (New York: The American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, 1985)

‘In Memoriam: Amaryllis Fleming’, The Musical Times, 140 (Autumn 1999), 7–8

Mostra Di Liuteria Contemporanea (Cremona: Editrice Turris, 1989)

‘Musical Instruments Including Early Music’, Sotheby's Catalogue, Auction 7th November 2006, (London, 2006) 88–9

‘Symposium: Bow Hairs and String’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/4 (1977), 131–end 

‘Symposium: Bow Repair and Maintenance’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/4 (1977), 105–30

‘Symposium: Bowmakers Forum’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 10/2 (1989), 133–49

‘Tourte Francois Xavier’, Die Geigen- Und Lautenmacher Vom Mittelalter Bis Zur Gegenwart / Nach Den Besten Quellen Bearb. Von Willibald Leo Frh. V. Lütgendorff, ed. Thomas Drescher (Tutzing: Schneider, 1990) 629–30

‘Tubbs James’, Die Geigen- Und Lautenmacher Vom Mittelalter Bis Zur Gegenwart / Nach Den Besten Quellen Bearb. Von Willibald Leo Frh. V. Lütgendorff, ed. Thomas Drescher (Tutzing: Schneider, 1990) 629–30

Anders Askenfelt, ‘Measurement of Bow Motion and Bow Force in Violin Playing’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80/4 (1986) 1007–15

Anders Askenfelt, ‘Measurement of the Bowing Parameters in Violin Playing’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84/1 (1988), 163

Anders Askenfelt, ‘Measurement of the Bowing Parameters in Violin Playing. Ii: Bow-Bridge Distance, Dynamic Range, and Limits of Bow Force’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 86/2 (1989), 503–16

Anders Askenfelt, ‘Observations on the Dynamic Properties of Violin Bows’, Speech Transmission Laboratory KTH Stockholm, 4 (1992), 43–8

Anders Askenfelt and Knut Guettler, ‘Quality Aspects of Violin Bows’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105/2 (1999), 1216

Otto Bachmann, Theoretisch-Pracktishes Handbuch Des Geigenbaues (Quedlinburg & Leipzig: G. Basse, 1835)

Werner Bachmann, The Origins of Bowing and the Development of Bowed Instruments up the Thirteenth Century, translated by Norma Deane (London: Oxford University Press, 1969)

Henry Balfour, The Natural History of the Musical Bow.  A Chapter in the Developmental History of Stringed Instruments of Music. Primitive Types (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1899; reprint, Portland: Longwood Press 1976)

Michael A Baumgartner and Paul Childs, ‘Tourte Francois Xavier’, Die Musik in Geschichte Und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Vol. 1- , Personenteil, ed. Ludwig Finscher (Kassel & London: Bärenreiter, 2006)

Charles Beare and Philip J Kass, ‘Tubbs Family’, In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan, 2006)

Charles Besnainou, ‘Composite Materials for Musical Instruments: The Maturity’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103/5 (1998), 2872–3

G Bissinger, ‘Bounce Test, Modal Analysis, and the Playing Qualities of the Violin Bow’, Catgut Acoustic Society Journal, 2/8 (1995), 17–22

John Alfred Bolander, Bow Making: 1000 Bows and a Tribute. (Maywood, CA: Vitali Import Co., 1962)

John Alfred Bolander, Violin Bow Making (San Jose, CA, 1969; reprint, 2nd ed. San Mateo: Boyd Pulsen, 1981)

Sidney Bowden, Pajeot. Bow Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries (London: Ealing Strings, 1991)

David D Boyden, ‘The Violin Bow in the 18th Century’, Early Music, 8/2 (1980) 199–212

David D Boyden and J Livoya-Lorius, ‘Bow’, Grove Music Online, ed. L Macy (accessed 15th May 2007), http://www.grovemusic.com

Edward Campbell, ‘A Method of Judging the Playability of Bows in Competitions’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 5/4 (1979), 111–4

Eric Chapman, ‘Exhibition of Violas and Their Bows’, [4th International Exhibition of Vsa], The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 5/1 (1978) 98–101

E Charron, Théorie De L'archet (Gauthier-Villars, 1916)

Paul Childs, ‘Tourte Francois Xavier’, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2^nd edition, ed. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell, (London: Macmillan, 2006)

Dedee Claessens, ‘Treble Viol Bows and a Filing Suggestion’, Early Music, 4/2 (1976), 235

Julian H Clark, ‘Bows: a Maker’s Response’, Early Music, 8/4 (1980), 503–5

Julian H Clark, ‘The Developing Violin Bow’, Early Music, 8/2 (1980), 226–8

Philip Cogan de, The Violin Bow to Construct and Graduate (Providence, 1893)

L Cremer and H Lazarus ‘Der Einflusz Des Bogendruckes beim anstreichen einer Saite’, Proceedings ICA (Tokyo, 1968)

Pat Bryan Curry, The François Tourte Bow (Brigham Young University: 1968)

Robert Donington, ‘On Interpreting Early Music’, Music and Letters, XXVIII/3 (1947), 223–41

Barbara Downs and Antares Parvulescu ‘On the Measurement of Timbre Dependence Upon Bowing Technique’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 64/1 (1978), 171

Hans Heinz Drager, Die Entwicklung des Streichbogens und seine anwendung in Europa bis zum Violenbogen des 16. Jahrhunderts (Berlin & Kassel: Barenreiter, 1937)

Julian Drake, ‘Marais’ Bow Strokes’, Early Music, 7/3 (1979), 433

Michael Duff, ‘The Berg Bow’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 10/3 (1990) 72–98

Daniel Dunlap, ‘Adjustable Bow Guide’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65/5 (1979), 1359 

François-Joseph Fétis, A. Stradivari, Luthier célèbre, connu sous le nom de Stradivarius. Précédé de recherches historiques et critiques sur l’origine et les transformations des instruments à archet et suivi d’analyses théoriques sur l’archet et sur F. Tourte, auteur de ses derniers perfectionnements (Paris, 1856)

Albert Fischer, ‘Salvaging a Good Bow from the Scrap Pile’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 8/2 (1987) 133–8

Harry Fleisher, ‘Evaluation of the Playing Qualities of Bows: A Proposal’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 5/4 (1979, 107–10

Harry Fleisher, ‘The Why of the Bow’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 5/2 (1979), 61–74

Amaryllis Fleming and Harold Dexter’, The Way to Play the Cello (Ilford: International Music Publications, c.1993)

Fergus Fleming, Amaryllis Fleming (London: Methuen, 1994)

James M Fleming, Old Violins and Their Makers: Including some references to those of modern times (London: L Upcott Gill, 1883;  reprinted 1890,1897, 1898 & 1900)

Florence Gétreau, ed. Instruments et luthiers Parisiens xviie-xixe siecles (Paris: Delegation a l'Action Artisitique de la Ville de Paris, 1988)

John Friedrich & Bro. Inc., Fine Old Bows (New York, August 1922)

John Friedrich & Bro. Inc., Illustrated Catalogue of Rare Old Violins, Violas and Violoncellos, Bows, Cases, Strings, Etc. (New York, 1923) 

John Friedrich & Bro. Inc, Rare Old Master Violin Bows [with Prices] (New York, no date)

Reginaldo Galeazzi, ‘Spiegazioni utili al violinista Italiano, ([s.l.]. [s.n.]: [c.1904])’

Charles Gerrish, The Story Behind the World's Finest Bows ([s.l.]. [s.n.]: [n.d.])’

Pamela Goldsmith, ‘The Transition to the Tourte Bow and Its Effect on Bowing Articulation’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 9/1 (1988), 63–82

Laurent Grillet, Les Ancetres Du Violon Et Du Violoncelle (Paris: Charles Schmid, 1901)

Knut Guettler, ‘Some Aspects of Bow Resonances: Conditions for Spectral Influence on the Bowed String’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97/5 (1995), 3269

Eric Halfpenny, ‘An Unusual English 18th-Century Violin Bow’, The Galpin Society Journal, 29 (1976), 128–9

Frank V Henderson How to Make a Violin Bow (Seattle: Murray, 1977)

Edward Heron-Allen, Violin Making as It Was and Is; Being a Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Treatise on the Science and Art of Violin-Making, for the Use of Violin Makers and Players, Amateur and Professional by Ed. Heron-Allen, Author Of "The Ancestry of the Violin", "A History of a Great Violin Case", "The Romance of a Stradivari", Etc., Etc.,  with Upwards of 200 Illustrations by the Author....Preceded by an Essay on the Violin and Its Position as a Musical Instrument. (London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1884); reprints 1885, 1886, 1898, 1947, 1960, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982

Andrew Hill, ‘The Hill ‘Tradition’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 4/3 (1978) 266–88.

W E Hill & Sons, Bows and Accessories for Violin, Viola and Violoncellos by W.E. Hill & Sons (Dealers Catologue: London, 1940)

W E Hill & Sons, Hill & Son Violin, Viola and Violoncello Bows (Dealer Catalogues: London, c.1911)

W E Hill & Sons, Violin, Viola and Violoncello Bows (Dealer Catalogues: London, c.1910)

Tracy K Ho, ‘Method and Apparatus for Teaching the Production of Tone in the Bowing of a Stringed Instrument’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 91/1 (1992), 547

John H Hogue, ‘Tuning the Wood of a Musical Instrument Bow’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 90/6 (1991), 3392

John Hsu, ‘The Use of the Bow in French Solo Viol Playing of the 17th and 18th Centuries’, Early Music, 6/4 (1978), 526

John Hsu, ‘Marais’ Bow Strokes’, Early Music, 7/3 (1979), 433

Jan James, ‘Bow Hairs and String’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/4 (1977) 131–50

Jan James, W L Jongebloed, Molenaar, ‘The Role of Hair Structure in Sound Production of Bowed Instruments’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/1 (1977), 5–12

Robert H Johns, ‘Practice Violin and Bow’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65/5 (1979), 1359

Philip Kass, ‘Nineteenth-Century English Bowmakers of the Dodd and Tubbs Families’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 10/3 (1990), 99–139

Henryk Kaston, Stewart Pollens and M E D Laing, François X. Tourte, a Bowmaker (New York, 2001)

Joseph Kun and Joseph Regh, The Art of Bow Making (Wappingers Falls, N.Y: Regh-Kuhn, c.1994)

Claude Lebet, Les Luthiers Neuchatelois (Neuchatel: Revue Neuchateloise, 1979)

Anatoliî Ivanovich Leman, The Violin and Bow (Moscow, 1885)

L Livoya-Lorius, ‘James Tubbs’, The Strad, XC (1979–1980), 676–7

Giovanni Lucchi, L'arco (Cremona: G. Lucchi, c.1990)

Lauro Malusi, L'arco Degli Strumenti Musicali (Padova, 1878)

J P McKinney, How to Rehair Bows (Santa Fe, 1978)

Metropolitan Music, Co. Professional Hints on Repair;  String Instrument Repair Kit; Hints on Repair (New York, c.1982); reprint, Stowe, Vermont no date

Bernard Millant, ‘The Great Bow Makers of France’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 6/2 (1980) 179–89

Bernard Millant, ‘The Bow from Earliest Times to Sartory’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 10/2 (1989), 3–48

Roger Millant and Max Millant, Manuel Pratique De Lutherie (Paris: Larousse (Encyclopédie Roret), 1952)

John Milnes, ed., The British Violin: The Catalogue of the 1998 Exhibition, 400 Years of Violin and Bow Making in the British Isles (Oxford: British Violin Making Association, 2001)

Max Moller, Some Notes on the Re-Hairing of Bows : A Demonstration / by Ernst Lohberg (Lincolnwood, Illinois: Lewis, c.1960)

Sonya Monosoff, ‘Viva the ‘Early’ Violin’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/1 (1977), 17–21

Sonya Monosoff et al, ‘Symposium: The Baroque Bow Past and Present’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/4 (1977), 35–86

Frances Morris, Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments of All Nations: Oceanica [Sic] and America, vol 2 (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1914)

William Meredith Morris, British Violin Makers : A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work (Bridgwater: S A Kellow, 1981)

J Mozen and V Men, Skripka, Alt, Violoncel, Kontrabas I Ghitara, Smycki, Kanifol I Struny [Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Doublebass and Guitar, Bows, Rosin and Strings] (Moscow, 1899)

Arnold Myers, ‘Cataloguing Standards for Instrument Collections’, CIMCIM Newsletter, XIV (1989), 14–28

Jacob Augustus Otto, Ueber Den Bau Und Die Erhaltung Der Geige Und Aller Bogeninstrumente (Halle & Leipzig, 1817); reprint, London: Longmans & Cross, 1833

Frank Passa, ‘Bow Rehairing’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 7/3 (1985), 39–52

Donald Peart, ‘Dering or Ward?’, Music and Letters, XXXIII/1 (1952), 98

Drora Pershing, ‘The Bach-Bow Controversy’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/2 (1977), 72–81

Norman Pickering, ‘A Study of Bow Hair and Rosin’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 7/1 (1984), 46–72

Norman Pickering, ‘Physical Characteristics of Violin Bows’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 8/2 (1987), 41–58

Norman C Pickering, ‘A Study of Bow Hair and Rosin’, Journal of  Violin Society of America 7, no. 1 (1984): 46-72.

Norman C Pickering, ‘Physical Characterisctics of Violin Bows’, Journal of  Violin Society of America, 8 (1987), 41–58

Roland Pitteroff, ‘Modelling of Bowed String Taking into Account the Width of the B’, Preceedings Smac 93, ed. A Friberg, J Ewarsson, E Jansson and J Sundberg (Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Music, 1994)

Roland Pitteroff and James Woodhouse, ‘Effects of Bow-Hair Compliance on Bowed-String Motion’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97/ 5 (1995):], 3269

Roland Pitteroff and James Woodhouse, ‘Mechanics of The Contact Area between Bow and String, Part I: Reflection and Transmission Behaviour’, Acustica, 84 (1998), 543–62

Tully Potter, ‘Living to the Full’, The Strad (1999), 1301–5

Isaac B Poznanski, The Violin Bow. A Treatise... Suplemented by Various Examples and Original Studies (London: St. Cecelia Music Publishing Co, 1894)

William C Redford, Bows and Bow-Makers (London: The Strad, 1964)

Roberto Regazzi, The Complete Luthier's Library (Bologna: Florenus Edizioni, 1990)

Joseph Regh, Computer-Supported Judging of Instruments and Bows’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 7/4 (1986), 74–87

Mark Reindorf, ‘The Current Status of French Bow Making: A Crisis Averted, a Future Assured’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 7/1 (1984), 89–128

Mark Reindorf, ‘A Discussion of the Metal Thumb Plate of the Bow’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 7/ 4 (1986), 147–56

Mark Reindorf, ‘Bow Making in the United States’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 8/2 (1987), 117–32

William C Retford, Bows and Bow Makers (London: The Strad, 1964)

William C Retford, Bows and Bow Makers (Borough Green : Novello, 1984)

Bernard Ricca and Gabriel Weinreich, ‘Measurements of the Impedance Presented to the String by a Bow’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89/4B (1991), 1877–8

Joseph Roda, Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family (Chicago: William Lewis & Son, 1959)

K W Rokos and P S Spicer String Teahcing on a Shoestring and Re-Hairing and Repairing Bows for Stringed Instruments (London: Bosworth, 1972)

Malcolm Sadler, ed., The Caprice Bows (London: Ealing Strings, 1985)

Henry Saint-George, The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use (London, 1896)

William Salchow, ‘How to Make a Violin Bow by Henderson’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/3 (1977), 113–7

William Salchow, ‘International Meeting of Violin and Bow Makers’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/ 2 (1977), 108–9

William Salchow, ‘Violin Bow Making by Bolander’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/ 3 (1977), 113–7

William Salchow, How to Choose a Violin Bow (New York, 1980)

William Salchow et al, ‘Bow Restoration’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 6/4 (1983), 135–50

William Salchow et al, ‘Symposium: National School and Styles 87 of Bow Making’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/4 (1977), 87–104

William Salchow et al, ‘Symposium: The Performer and the Bow’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 3/ 4 (1977):,11–34

Helmut F K Schaller, ‘Injection Moulded Stick for Stringed Musical Instrument Bow’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 65/ 5 (1979), 1360

Scherl & Roth, How to Rehair a Bow with the Use of a Roth  Bow Rehairing Device (Cleveland: Scherl & Roth Inc., no date)

Florian Schmid, Der Bogen Fur Streichinstrumente (1987)

Rodney Schmidt, ‘Contours, Images, and the Bow’, The Journal of the Violin Society of America, 7/ 4 (1986), 102–13

Robert T Schumacher, ‘Some Aspects of the Bow’, Catgut Acoustic Society Newsletter, 24 (1975), 5–8

Robert T Schumacher, ‘Dynamics of the Bowed String’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 78/ 1 (1985),34

Robert T Schumacher, ‘The Influence of the Bow on Aperiodicity of Violin Notes’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 89/4B (1991), 1926

Robert T Schumacher, ‘Measurements of Some Parameters of Bowing’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 96/ 4 (1994), 1985–8 

Robert T Schumacher, ‘Bow Response to the String it is Bowing’, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114/ 4 (2003), 2437 

Albert Schweitzer and Margaret Deneke, ‘A New Bow for Unaccompanied Violin Music’, The Musical Times, 74/1087 (1933), 792–5

G R Seaman, ‘Fleming, Amaryllis Marie-Louise (1925?–1999)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford: University Press, 2004), http://www.oxforddnb.com (accessed 22 April 2007)