Violin Bow
Henry Richard Knopf American
Not on view
Henry Knopf was the son of the renowned bow maker Heinrich Knopf of Markneukirchen, Germany. Henry learned from his father and then studied bow making in both Dresden and Berlin. Henry Knopf moved to the United States in 1879 and established his own workshop in New York City the following year.
Technical description: German style, octagonal pernambuco stick with very brittle yellow varnish, silver on silk and brown leather wrapping, French tip with trapezoidal mortise, ivory headplate, ebony liner, ebony frog with prismatic guide, silver underside, silver ferrule, mother-of-pearl slide and eye (left-side eye missing), bent silver heelplate, octagonal silver-covered button.
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