Gotthard Schuster c.1950

German cello bow for sale, with a round stick, nickel mounted ebony frog and ebony adjuster with two nickel bands.

Mounts: Nickel/Ebony
Branded: ‘GOTTHARD SCHUSTER’ on the player side of the stick and also stamped on the frog.
Weight: 78g

TBC6950

About Schuster

‘Gotthard Schuster learnt bow making with his father, Emmanuel Schuster, and in 1928 he passed his Master Craftsman examination.

The Schuster workshop was based in Schönbach in recently-formed Czechoslovakia, a town now known by the Czech name Luby. After the Second World War, roughly 12,000 Germans were expelled from the area, including Schuster and his family. Schuster eventually settled in Bubenreuth in 1946, alongside a number of other instrument makers from his home town.

Gotthard Schuster had good business connections with a number of American dealers, most importantly Rembert Wurlitzer. This means that many examples of his work can be found in the U.S. today.’