- Keith Peck
Keith M. Peck (1953 – 1998) was a highly acclaimed American bow maker from
Evanston, Illinois . His bows are used on instruments such as those created by master violin makerGiuseppe Guarneri and others.Peck began playing
cello at age nine and continued to study the cello with Howard Jones atUniversity of Idaho . It was his other cello teacher, Arthur Ross, who got him intrigued in bows by stressing their importance and eventually his focus turned to bow making. Started making bows in 1971. Moved toSeattle, Washington in 1975 and worked for David Saunders from 1975 to 1976.Established own shop in 1976, making his own model as well as copies of
Dominique Peccatte ,François Tourte , andFrancois Nicolas Voirin , and frog copies ofFrançois-Jude Gaulard , John Dodd, Francois Lupot,Nicolaus Kittel ,Pierre Simon , Voirin and many more. Peck is widely known for being the creator of theAmber Frog Bow, a bow commissioned by [http://www.myspace.com/gennadyfilimonov Gennady Filimonov] . [cite news | url=http://www.stringsmagazine.com/instruments/Back_Issues/ST65/AmberBow65.html | title=Mastering New Materials: Commissioning an Amber Bow, no.65 | publisher=Strings magazine | author=Jessamyn Reeves-Brown | date=Nov 1997 | accessdate=2007-04-09]References
*cite book | last=Wenberg | first=Thomas James | title=The Violin Makers of the United States | location=Mt Hood, OR | publisher=Mt Hood Pub. Co. | year=1986 | isbn=0-938071-05-X
*STRINGS magazine 1995/96 (Dec./Jan.)
*STRINGS magazine, Nov 1997
*STRINGS magazine, Nov 1999 No76 (Feb/March)
*Srad magazine Jan. 1999Quotes
""..his bow was a perfect piece of work showing the right spirit of Vuillaume-Voirin..........As for the owners of his bows, they should be honored to be in possession of such bows." - Jean Francois Raffin (1998) Bow Expert/Master Maker Expert Pres La Court D'Appel de Paris [STRINGS magazine, Nov 1999 No76 (Feb/March)]
"....seeing a Peccatte copy which he made, was one of astonishment..." Elmar Oliveira Concert Soloist (1998) [STRINGS magazine, Nov 1999 No76 (Feb/March)]
"..superb copyist in the Great French Tradition.." - Bernard Millant (1998) Maitre Luthier-Archetier Entente Internationale des Maitres Luthiers et Archetiers d'Art [STRINGS magazine, Nov 1999 No76 (Feb/March)]
External links
*Keith Peck [http://www.keithpeck.com official website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/keithpeck53/Gallery Gallery of Bows by Keith Peck ]
* [http://www.filimonovfineviolins.tk]
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