Johannes Finkel
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Johannes Finkel is a Swiss maker of bows of violins, violas, cellos, and basses.
The Finkel workshop is located in Brienz, Switzerland. Finkel is a fourth generation bow maker. His great-grandfather Ewald Weidhaas was a craftsman from the workshop of famous bow maker Victor Fetique. His grandfather, Paul Weidhaas, and father Siegfried Finkel were also highly regarded bow makers.[1]
Finkel’s bows are typically made of pernambuco wood — an endangered hardwood — with an octagonal stick shape, and tend be closer in style to the German tradition of bow making. The bows display a “Swiss made” or “J.S. Finkel” stamp.
The Finkel workshop has also pioneered development in hybrid bows made from carbon fiber and pernambuco.
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- ^ "FINKEL Johannes S.". J.S. Finkel. http://www.finkel-bows.ch/. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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