Ashmead Bows

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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 ETE Model ETE
Pernambuco or Ironwood, ironwood frog and ivory button button
75-78 grams [Model ETE]
Model ETO Model ETO
Pernambuco, silk wrapping, ivory frog and button 75-78 grams
[Model ETO]
Model ETR Model ETR
Pernambuco,silk wrappings,ivory frog and button
78-80 grams (After Dodd) [Model ETR]
Model ETM Model ETM
Prenambuco, silk wrapping, ivory frog and button 78-82 grams
[Model ETM]

Bow Styles

  • Baroque – Violin
    • Cello/Bass Viol
    • Double Bass
  • Transitional – Violin
    • Viola
    • Cello
    • Double Bass
  • Modern – Violin
    • Cello

Ralph Ashmead

Ralph Ashmead

Praise for Ashmead Bows

Thank you for the wonderful bow! With the bow you made, I can pronounce the sound very clearly and I can make sound exactly same as I intend to make, I love the bow very much. Also I don’t need much power to make resonant sound, I can do it… with little power, that’s very nice for me too. I’ll play with it with great care and with great happiness. Thank you again for this supreme bow. Read more “Kei Yamamoto”

Kei Yamamoto

Contact

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

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