Category
Bows · Models
Bows and bow styles for bowed string instruments.
-
Model
CodaBow Diamond SX
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Diamond SX is a performance carbon fiber bow for violin, viola, and cello in CodaBow's Diamond Collection. It pairs the exclusive Diamond Weave graphite-fiber shaft with a Blended Acoustic Core aimed at a focused, brighter, lively tone, fitted with an eco-friendly Xebony composite frog. CodaBow positions it as an agile bow well suited to studio, orchestral, and traveling players, and its GlobalBow certification means it contains no endangered, monitored, or regulated species for worry-free international travel.
-
Model
JonPaul Muse
Bow · United States
The JonPaul Muse is a hand-made Salt Lake City carbon fiber bow created for players who want a playing experience close to JonPaul's flagship Carrera at a lower price. Its stick is slightly stronger than its predecessor and feels highly responsive, and it is mounted in sterling silver with JonPaul's signature hand-finished texture and a hand-colored finish like the Carrera. JonPaul positions the Muse as affordable luxury. Offered for violin, viola, and cello.
-
Model
CodaBow Luma
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Luma is an exceptionally light carbon fiber bow for violin, viola, and cello, built around CodaBow's streamlined Aero design that reduces and redistributes frog mass along the shaft to lower overall bow weight while improving facility. The result is a high, shimmering timbre with silky, nimble handling well suited to fast technical passages. It uses an eco-friendly Xebony composite frog and carries GlobalBow certification so it contains no endangered or regulated materials.
-
Model
JonPaul Carrera
Bow · United States
The JonPaul Carrera is one of JonPaul's flagship professional carbon fiber bows, hand-made in Salt Lake City and patterned after an exquisite French Pajeot bow. It is mounted in sterling silver with a fan-tail button and a hand-colored, varnished red-brown finish, with frog and button available in ebony, white horn, or black horn. Quick and agile, it feels like an extension of the player's arm and produces warm, rich, and powerful tones; it is played and endorsed by symphony, stage, and studio professionals. Offered for violin, viola, and cello.
-
Model
CodaBow Diamond NX
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Diamond NX is the entry model of CodaBow's Diamond Collection, a carbon fiber bow for violin, viola, and cello aimed at pre-professionals, amateurs, and advancing students. It uses CodaBow's first-of-its-kind 3-D woven Diamond Weave graphite architecture from tip to button for strong tracking and responsiveness, an NX Acoustic Core for an uncomplicated, sweet tone, and an eco-friendly Xebony composite frog. Its stronger, firmer stick and added weight give advancing players stability, and it carries GlobalBow certification for travel without endangered or regulated materials.
-
Model
CodaBow Prodigy
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Prodigy is a student-grade carbon fiber bow made for violin, viola, and cello, designed for beginning and developing string players. Its forgiving Center-Tip balance helps accommodate the coarse motor control and right-hand technique of early players, while carbon fiber construction makes it far more durable and consistent than an inexpensive wood student bow. It is American-made by CodaBow in Winona, Minnesota.
-
Model
Arcus M-Series
Bow · Germany
The Arcus M-Series is a line of hollow carbon fiber bows with somewhat more flexible sticks, giving a particularly warm and round tone and versatile all-around handling that suits lighter instruments. Arcus describes them as supporting each step of a player's technical development, making them well suited to orchestral players, students, and amateurs. Offered for violin, viola, and cello in several performance grades.
-
Model
JonPaul Fusion
Bow · United States
The JonPaul Fusion is a carbon fiber bow with a high-grade carbon stick wrapped in wood, available with silver or nickel-silver fittings for violin, viola, cello, and bass. Well balanced, lively, and attractive, it is offered through JonPaul as an imported model and is positioned as an upgrade choice for advancing players. Unlike JonPaul's USA-made bows, the Fusion is an import, so its country of manufacture is not specified by the maker.
-
Model
CodaBow Diamond
Bow · United States
The Diamond Collection is CodaBow's range of advanced-to-professional carbon fiber bows for violin, viola, and cello, comprising the Diamond NX, SX, and GX models. The series is engineered to approach the agility and tone-drawing properties of fine wood bows, sharing CodaBow's Diamond Weave graphite-fiber shaft, an eco-friendly Xebony composite frog, and GlobalBow certification so the bows contain no endangered or regulated materials.
-
Model
Arcus T-Series
Bow · Germany
The Arcus T-Series is a line of hollow carbon fiber bows introduced in 2019 and among Arcus's best-selling models. Built on Arcus's signature thin-walled, hollow carbon fiber construction, T-series bows are described as truly universal and perfectly balanced: full, round, and warm but also brilliant and colorful, with elasticity that fits regular instruments and medium-gauge strings. The series is offered for violin, viola, and cello, with individual bows graded by performance class.
-
Model
Arcus P-Series
Bow · Germany
The Arcus P-Series is a line of hollow carbon fiber violin bows designed for stronger-build instruments and heavy-gauge strings, where they provide added power and stability. Like the rest of the Arcus range, P-series bows use the company's thin-walled, hollow carbon fiber construction and are graded by performance class.
-
Model
JonPaul Avanti
Bow · United States
The JonPaul Avanti is the company's least expensive silver-mounted carbon fiber bow and a model that has been part of the JonPaul range from the beginning. Hand-crafted in Salt Lake City, it is designed to feel, sound, and play like a bow costing far more, with an agile, responsive character and a sweet, warm tone and smooth pull. It is offered for violin, viola, and cello.
-
Model
CodaBow Diamond GX
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Diamond GX is the upper model of CodaBow's popular Diamond series, a performance carbon fiber bow for violin, viola, and cello. It uses a round carbon-graphite stick with a Kevlar acoustic core, a sterling-silver fully mounted frog in CodaBow's Xebony or Alabaster material, a Coda eye, three-part adjuster, silver winding, and a leather grip. The Diamond series is designed to grow with players from advancing student through professional use.
-
Model
CodaBow Marquise GS
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Marquise GS is CodaBow's master-level carbon fiber bow, offered for violin, viola, cello, and bass and positioned as the gold standard of the company's range. Developed with leaders in advanced bow making, it is more supple than the Diamond Collection bows and is aimed at players seeking exquisite handling and expressive sound in the finest French tradition, combining cutting-edge materials engineering with master bow-making craft. It carries GlobalBow certification so it contains no endangered, monitored, or regulated species.
-
Model
Arcus S-Series
Bow · Germany
The Arcus S-Series comprises Arcus's fastest-playing, very light hollow carbon fiber bows, developed from the earlier Concerto and Cadenza models that were highly successful with professional players. S-series bows deliver sheer power with a clear, brilliant, and full sound and are favored by soloists, and their low weight suits warmer or darker-sounding instruments. Offered for violin, viola, and cello in several performance grades.
-
Model
CodaBow Joule
Bow · United States
The CodaBow Joule is an advanced carbon fiber violin bow whose shaft design adds mass at key performance regions while keeping a balanced overall weight and supple flexibility, helping the bow seize the string and articulate cleanly. Now offered as a customizable bow, it delivers a bright, clear tone and is favored by electric-violin and extended-technique players. It is American-made by CodaBow.