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FINKEL-WEIDHAAS bows have been on
the international market for the last 130 years, since 1868.
Johannes S. Finkel, born in 1947 is the fourth generation of
bowmakers of the Finkel-Weidhaas bowmakers dynasty. He was trained by his father,
Siegfried Finkel, who moved from Markneukirchen to Switzerland in 1952. His great
grandfather was Ewald Weidhaas (b 1869;d 1939). His grandfather Paul Weidhaas, who studied
with Bausch (undoubtedly after A.E. Prager) and with V. Fétiue in Paris and then worked
on his own in Markneukirchen.
After the Apprentisceship with his father he has worked for a
number of years at J.&A. Beare in London, Hans Weisshaar in Los Angeles and William
Moennig & Son in Philadelphia, before returning to Switzerland in 1975. On his
father's retirement he took over the family workshop, and now works together with three
more bowmakers, W. Ernst, M. Fischer and J.M. Lüthi, in Schwanden/Brienz. |
 | Masterbows J.S. Finkel, for Violin-, Viola- and Cello. |
| Music college bows, bows for professional players in different price ranges. |
| All bows are made of pernambuco wood, silver mounted, silver handplate- and
wrapping. |
| Masterbows also available with gold mounting. |
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