A newly designed model Tête-Bêche pernambuco violin bow by Gilles Nehr made in 2024, with a new titanium head design, and newly designed titanium frog and bronze adjuster. Stunning aesthetic and playing characteristics, which this example tends to draw from a number of instruments a very ample, full, open sound, with strong nuance and sensitive clarity. This particular bow has matte titanium with a DLC (diamond like carbon) lab coating, which makes the metal dark.
WEIGHT: 59.8 grams
MOUNTS: Titanium frog, bronze adjuster
Interview about Gilles and Tête-Bêche
https://youtu.be/a0vb4buoG3
Features:
-Avant Garde design with the playability of a traditional French bow
-DLC (diamond like carbon) Coating provides stability in the frog grip
-Self Re-hairing
-Fixed frog for sideway movement prevention, consistency of thumb placement & improvement of bow resonance
-Stunning frog design in titanium
-Durable & light titanium head
-Consistency of balance, tone and stability
-Ease of response with an open, powerful, warm, complex, harmonic spectrum with focus.
https://youtu.be/qx5NUJPA9Ig
Genesis of Tête Bêche
https://youtu.be/6EDJNFfnM10
Self Re-Hair
https://youtu.be/qx5NUJPA9Ig
Tête-Bêche Info
https://www.gillesnehr.com/tete-beche
About Gilles:
That’s a more recent and updated bio of mine:
Gilles Nehr was born in the southwestern region of France. At 17 years old, he became fascinated with the profession of his cousin, bowmaker Jean-Pascal Nehr. Gilles Nehr joined him in Marseille as an apprentice and graduated from Mirecourt at the age of 20 in bowmaking.
In 1997, René Morel recognized the purity of the French tradition evident in Gilles Nehr's work. René Morel offered him the unique opportunity to work as the only bowmaker in his workshop located on 54th street in New York City. Gilles Nehr became the bowmaker of the world's most renowned musicians, including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern, Joshua Bell, Midori, Jamie Laredo, and many others.. During his time there, Gilles Nehr restored and studied bows of exquisite beauty and value, and developed a new concept of the bow to address the weaknesses of classical bows while providing practical solutions to the demands of string-players. Thus, the Tête-Bêche bow was born.
In 1999, Gilles Nehr left René Morel Rare Violins to open his own workshop in Manhattan. Alongside selling his traditional and Tête-Bêche model bows, he also became the exclusive caretaker of the Juilliard School bow collection.
From 2002-2023 Gilles Nehr moved back to Europe and established his new workshop with moves to Lisbon, then Rome, Berlin, and Bordeaux.
The summer of 2023 witnessed Gilles's next chapter as he settled in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Aligning with the esteemed Collectif Lutherie Montréal (CLM), Gilles continues to weave his narrative of innovation, tradition, and mastery in the world of bowmaking.