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For much of the 20th century, the Hill workshop employed England's best bow makers, who created bows renowned for character and consistency. Hill violins, cellos and cases are also highly regarded. Their other products included varnish cleaner, violin e-strings, rosin, peg paste, music stands, chinrests, and specialist tools.
James Tubbs (1835 – 1921) is one of the most celebrated English bow makers, and is considered "The English Tourte". Together with his son Alfred (d. 1912), he produced more than 5,000 bows. It is generally accepted that James Tubbs ranks among the five or six most important bow makers in history. [1] "The Tubbs family made bows and ...
Keith Peck in his shop 1996. Keith M. Peck (1953–1998) was a highly acclaimed American bow maker from Evanston, Illinois.His bows are used on instruments such as those created by master makers Giuseppe Guarneri, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Giovanni Grancino, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and many others.
Among the many fine bows in the sale was a François Nicolas Voirin "picture" viola bow, which featured a lens embedded in the frog bearing a photograph of J.B. Vuillaume. The bow sold for $27,600. [16] Highlights in the April 2010 sale included a Joseph Alfred Lamy violin bow that sold for $54,000. [16]
Arthur Richard Bultitude (14 January 1908 – 1990) MBE was an English musical instrument bow maker, [1] who spent much of his life working as a craftsman for the firm of W.E. Hill & Sons. [2] Bultitude was brought to and introduced to the Hill shop by William Napier (father of Frank Napier another exceptional Hill bow maker) at the age of 14.
John Dodd (1752 in London – 1839 in Richmond, Surrey) was a British bowmaker.He was considered to be the greatest English bowmaker before and until James Tubbs. [1]He was a gunlock fitter and then a money scale maker before turning to bow making.