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Viola

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 ATF Model ATF
Pernambuco, ivory frog and button 58grams [Model ATF]
Model AVD Model AVD
Pernambuco, silk, ivory 58-62 grams [Model AVD]
Model AVE Model AVE
African Blackwood, muticolored silk, scrimshawed ivory
frog and button 62 grams [Model AVE]
Model AVC Model AVC
Pernambuco,multicolored silk,ebony with pearl inlay frog
and ivory button 60-62 grams [Model AVC]

Ralph Ashmead

Ralph Ashmead

Praise for Ashmead Bows

I just want to let you know that I’m very pleased with the bows you’ve sent and that the students are benefiting from their use. Their public debut will take place in February in performances of music of Mozart and Haydn. Thanks as ever for your excellent craftsmanship and service.

Stanley Ritchie

Contact

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

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