Lupot Stamped Trade Violin Bow Markneukirchen circa 1920

click picture to enlarge Stamped: LUPOT GERMANY- on the butt of the bow Violinists don’t miss out on a terrific snakewood bow made in Germany. The French get many well-deserved accolades bestowed on their makers and their sticks. The bow was made in a Markneukirchen, Germany workshop with a French LUPOT name to obscure its origin and market the bow from Post World War I days. Markneukirchen was the city known for the start of many famous violin and bow makers. Young apprentices trained here, developed their skills in shops, and some of the apprentices became quite good. They ventured out to other parts of the world, some to the West, and many to cities in Germany. This bow is snakewood. This is a specie we normally see in Baroque bows. The bow is in nickel mount and is round in section. The wood is semi-firm with a little bit of flex. We have gone over the entire bow here in the shop. We did an entire spa treatment. Cleaning, removal of old winding and leather, oiled the bow, added a new tip, tinsel silver winding, and a new thumb leather. The frog and endscrew are original. The frog has single mother-of-pearl eyes and a one-piece heel indicative of older German bow work. The heel and lining are pinned to the frog. The end button is three pieces, and the final section of the button contains a mother-of-pearl eye. The bow is about average for the width of a bow. The stick looks cool because of the different wood specie and handles well. If you’re looking for something different, old and in great condition, this could be your bow. Weight fully haired 62.7 grams