archetier

plural archetiers

1. artsOne who builds, repairs, and restores the bows of instruments in the violin family.

   Nowadays, the craft of the 'archetier', or bow maker, is entirely separated from that of the 'luthier', or instrument maker.

   1999, Robin Stowell, The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, →ISBN, page 28

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   Yielding inexpensive means whereby his preternatural gifts could be awakened, puncheon strips were later put aside for that most desirable of all bow woods—pernambuco. It was about 1775 that fate ordained young Tourte to see what other archetiers had done, and then proceed to do it better.

   1965, Music Journal - Volume 23, page 45

   The following are photographs of a few of the many ancient bows made by the contemporary master archetier Eitan Hoffer who operates a shop in Israel.

   2015, Michael J. Pagliaro, The String Instrument Owner's Handbook, →ISBN, page 23

   Synonyms: bow maker