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Cello/Bass Viol

The following photos are a small sampling of the models available. I make over 60 different models, many which have never been photographed. If you are interested in a bow that is not represented in the photos please make a note on the Order Inquiry form. All of the ivory used on these bows is fossil ivory, mostly mammoth or Mastodon, with a few buttons out of fossil walrus. I do not use any elephant ivory!

Model EM Model EM
Snakewood with reeded grip, ivory frog and button 76-82 grams [Model EM]
Model EI (top), EH (bottom) Model EI (top), EH (bottom)
Top: Snakewood double fluted,ivory or bone frog and button 80 grams [Model EI]
Bottom: Snakewood fluted, ivory frog and button 79-83 grams [Model EH]
Model EK Model EK
Snakewood fluted, ivory frog and button 78-82 grams [Model EK]
Model ED Model ED
Ironwood or snakewood fluted, ironwood or ivory frog ivory button
75-81 grams [Model ED]
Model EJ Model EJ
Snakewood double fluted and round, ivory frog and button
69-74 grams [Model EJ]

Ralph Ashmead

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Praise for Ashmead Bows

I’m glad to write you that I decided to keep the bow with me. I like it very much. As my former bow was too flexible, I could not do well with your bow on the first day. On the second day, however, I began to like it. I showed
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I’m glad to write you that I decided to keep the bow with me. I like it very much. As my former bow was too flexible, I could not do well with your bow on the first day. On the second day, however, I began to like it. I showed it to my teacher, Ms Setsuko, and she assured me that I should have it. She praised your bow in detail, but I cannot translate her delicate expression from Japanese to English. I think I will use this for my life long (maybe 15 or 20 years). Thank you.

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Contact

Ralph Ashmead
P.O. Box 1411
Tuolumne, CA 95379
1.209.928.1272
ashmead@frontiernet.net

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