Description
A good gold-mounted German bow by Herbert Wanka after the manner of Eugene Sartory, circa 1980.
Bows by Herbert Wanka are amongst the most respected German production bows of the post-war period with considerable acceptance amongst professional musicians, especially in Germany (where his name doesn’t produce the sniggers that come from the English language). His bows vary between a personal style, a German style based upon the work of his teacher, Emanuel Schuster, and bows modelled after the French bows of Eugene Sartory and Joseph Alfred Lamy. In the post-war period, gold mounted bows tend to be less meaningful than in previous generations, made more because of a receptive market than as a demonstration of superior workmanship. In this case the gold mountings reflect the superb wood and workmanship of this bow which is far closer to the playing qualities of the Sartory model that it is modelled on. Like Sartory’s work, it is an easy and very versatile bow to play. It is nowhere near substituting a Sartory byt has many comparable qualities, and at a fraction of the price.
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