Ralph Ashmead

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Links

Here are some links that I hope you’ll find interesting. They are all stringed-instrument related or are mentioned elsewhere on this site.

Orchestras and Ensembles

  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Baltimore Consort
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Handel and Haydn Society
  • Il Giardino Armonico
  • Musica Antiqua Koln 
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
  • San Francisco Symphony
  • St. Louis Symphony
  • Tafelmusik

Stringed Instruments

  • The Internet Cello Society
  • Viola Da Gamba Society of America
  • The Viola Web Site
  • International Society of Bassists

Musicians

  • Matthew Barley
  • Pamela Goldsmith
  • John Holloway
  • Viktoria Mullova
  • Enrico Onofri

Modern Bow Makers

  • Steven Beckley

Online Resources

  • Early Music Network
  • Encyclopedia Smithsonian – Musical History
  • Orpheon Foundation (English)
  • Orpheon Foundation (French)
  • Wikipedia: Baroque Music
Painting by Jan Verkolje
Violin and bow by Ralph Ashmead. The bow is a classical violin bow out of Pernambuco with scrimshaw Mammoth ivory frog and "crown" button.

Ralph Ashmead

Ralph Ashmead

Praise for Ashmead Bows

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Contact

Ralph Ashmead
P.O. Box 1411
Tuolumne, CA 95379
1.209.928.1272
ralph@ashmeadbows.com

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