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BVS offers double bass and bow appraisals for insurance purposes. We thoroughly examine all items to affirm authenticity and make informed decisions to determine replacement value. We offer two appraisal options

that include signed paper and electronic documents for your records:

Basic valuation: detailed description of the instrument and insurable value - $45

Detailed valuation: detailed description of the instrument, photos, measurements, and insurable value - $80

** Note that we must see the instrument in person to complete appraisals **

BVS offers double bass and bow appraisals for insurance purposes. We thoroughly examine all items to affirm authenticity and make informed decisions to determine replacement value. We offer two appraisal options

that include signed paper and electronic documents for your records:

Basic valuation: detailed description of the instrument and insurable value - $45

Detailed valuation: detailed description of the instrument, photos, measurements, and insurable value - $80

** Note that we must see the instrument in person to complete appraisals **

BVS offers double bass and bow appraisals for insurance purposes. We thoroughly examine all items to affirm authenticity and make informed decisions to determine replacement value. We offer two appraisal options

that include signed paper and electronic documents for your records:

Basic valuation: detailed description of the instrument and insurable value - $45

Detailed valuation: detailed description of the instrument, photos, measurements, and insurable value - $80

** Note that we must see the instrument in person to complete appraisals **

523 N Cedar St, Greensboro, NC 27401

Tel: 336.272.2877

Louis Morizot, c.1935

$3,950.00

Louis Joseph Morizot (Louis Bazin, 1881-1953) begain his apprenticeship with his father (Charles Nicholas Bazin) at the age of 12 and took over the family Mirecourt workshop in 1907. Here he worked until retirement in 1952, when his son, Charles Alfred Bazin took over the family workshop. Louis Bazin bows have a reputation for being precisely made and for having excellent playing characteristics.

This particular example is faintly stamped, and features a round stick of bois d'abielle (commonly referred to as bulletwood, massaranduba, or its literal translation of 'bee wood'). The frog is ebony fully mounted in nickel silver, with pearl eyes, pearl slide, and butterfly adjuster. A clean example of Mirecourt work by a French master, accompanied by a Raffin certificate. 140g

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