Horst Schicker Bogenwerkstatt, Germany
Horst Schicker
This is a quality cello bow from the German bowmaker Horst Schicker, inspired by the Conrad Götz model:
- weight: 86 grams fully haired
- octagonal stick of pernambuco
- ivory frog with Parisian eye in mother-of-pearl and silver
- silver one-piece button
- brown snakeskin leather grip and sterling silver windings
Master bow maker Horst Schicker grew up in Bohemia near the Czech Republic. He learned the craft of bow making between 1958 and 1961 from Emil Kuhnel in Bubenreuth, Germany staying there to work there after having completed his training.
After WW II he left his many years as a maker with Emil Kuhnel in Bubenreuth and passed his guild exams in Nürnberg, Germany and in 1971 opened his own shop in Tennenlohe, near Erlangen. In 1977 he moved to Baiersdorf. He primarily makes new bows for all bowed string instruments and he also restores and repairs bows. The shop still exists there today, and his daughter Michaela Schicker, who joined him in the firm in 1987, runs the shop.
price available upon request