Professional Players /  Bass

    "I recently purchased your Arcus S7 French double bass bow. It is by far the best bow I've ever tried in my career, plus the advantages of the weight, power, material, and much more."

    "Since November 2004 I am the proud owner of an Arcus Sinfonia bass-bow.

    Since then this is the only bow I use. My wooden bows are retired, including my good old "Albert Nürnberger", which had been my favorit bow for many years.

    Before I made my decision I tried two Sinfonias and two Concerto bows together with my wooden bows. In my extensive tests (including blind tests) with several colleagues and many different instruments we have come to most interesting results: It was especially revealing to experience the importance of the combination of player, instrument and bow, not to mention the different ideas of a good sound of the musicians involved.

    The Sinfonia which I kept was the bow that allowed me to achieve an optimum in the play and sound. The tone is louder, clearer, and free of the usual noise. My impression is that the sound has a much better focus,  which is much more audible in the ensemble and which helps to locate my own tone in the orchestra a lot.

    In my opinion the off-string bowings are exceptional (for example in the fast transition between two different bowings). The bow has less of a "self-life", so it does only what I want. Especially on the low strings the response in off-string bowings is precise, clear and fast. This offers me a lot more possibilities for my own interpretations.

All combined I can say, and it is a pleasure for me to do so: for me this is the best bow that I ever played, I am entirely satisfied."