SAMUEL EASTMAN model 40 brazilwood bow

These quality step-up brazilwood bows feature octagonal sticks of select brazilwood, and are beautifully hand-crafted and carefully balanced for playability and tone. Fitted with fully nickel-mounted ebony frogs, and leather and imitation whalebone grips, these bows are an excellent choice for the advancing student.

• Hand-crafted octagonal stick of select brazilwood
• Ebony frog fully mounted with nickel silver
• Mother-of-pearl slide and Parisian eyes
• Genuine unbleached Mongolian horsehair
• Violin bow available in sizes 4/4 - 1/16
• Viola bow available in sizes 4/4 - 3/4
• Cello bow available in sizes 4/4 - 1/8

Bow Tutorial: Brazilwood

Brazilwood is the wood used to make most student wood bows. Despite the name, not all brazilwood comes from the country of Brazil. Surprised? Well consider this: the wood is not named after the country the country is named after the wood! Brazilwood was in such high demand as a source for the main ingredient in fabric dyes in Europe at the time South America was being colonized by Europeans, the Portuguese named the country after the wood because there was so much of it there! It's known as brazilwood (or brasilwood) because it contains the important dye chemical brasilin, hence the name. Its suitability for bow making was a happy discovery later. Brazilwood is prized for bowmaking because it is strong, dense, and supple. These are our top-of-the-line brazilwood bows. Their meticulous hand-construction and highest quality materials combine to create bows worthy of advanced students. Strong yet supple sticks, beautiful mountings, leather and imitation whalebone grips, and quality Mongolian horsehair make them among the finest brazilwood bows available anywhere.

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