
Joseph Kun - Ottawa
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A beautifully made French bass bow by Joseph Kun in Ottawa, Canada, ca. 1980. Octagonal stick made of very fine Pernambuco, with silver tip, silver winding, and black thumb leather. Frog is ebony fully mounted in silver with pearl eye surrounded by silver ring, abalone slide, and three-piece silver and ebony button.
Joseph Kun (b. 1930 - d. 1996) was born in Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Ottawa in 1968, where he began a multi-faceted career of crafting fine bows and violins, inventor of the Kun shoulder rest, and co-author of "The Art of Bowmaking".
LENGTH: 70.5 cm
WEIGHT: 133 g
Can't travel to North Carolina? BVS regularly ships up to three bows on a one-week trial to customers in the continental US. Give us a call to chat about our current inventory and which bows might be a good fit for your playing style!
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Noteworthy Federal Credit Union is an arts-based lending organization in Cleveland, OH that specializes in musical instrument loans and products specially designed to meet the unique professional and personal needs of artists and musicians.
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