62 grams, gold mounted, with a powerfully reactive strength, broadly focused tone, capable of a wide set soloist tone.
Balance Point (B.P. to end of thumbgrip) 19.3cm
About Richard:
Richard Grünke, born in Poland in 1930, ended up in the upper Vogtland in 1944 during the turmoil at the end of WW II. He began his apprenticeship as a bow maker in 1945 with Edwin Herrmann in Schönlind, then completed it in the H.R. Pfretzschner workshop in Markneukirchen between 1946 and 1948. He remained in this workshop until 1950, when he went to Berlin to work for Alfred Leicht. The years in Berlin were to augment the training he had received in the H.R. Pfretzschner workshop and had an important effect on his later working career. In 1952 he moved to Bubenreuth to work for Roderich Paesold. With his master’s examination in 1957, the Paesold company began to stamp his bows in general “Richard Grünke”.
The style of his early bows was clearly influenced by the Pfretzschner workshop. Later, with the inspiration of old master bows and suggestions from important musicians, he developed a very personal model which he followed for his entire career. In 1975 Richard Grünke set up a business of his own near Bubenreuth. The workshop developed with great success and became a highly frequented address for professional German and international string players. In 1996 he founded a new company with his two sons, Klaus and Thomas, named “Richard Grünke & Söhne GmbH”, in which he still plays an active role.