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PAULEM55
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:55 pm    Post subject: Old Bow Assessment Reply with quote

Hello everyone. I'm new here. Not sure if I'm in the right spot for my inquiry. If not please direct me.
I have an old bow I'm trying to validate and assess to see if worth repairing or selling.
Stamped: G. A. Pfretzchner, Germany.
Tip had been respliced. Frog and screw in good shape.
Will post pics if someone tells me how.
Your analysis will be appreciated

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul, (is that right?)
There's a Facebook group about bow identification, but IIRC, G.A. Pfretzschner is the name of a company that made and sold bows for the mass market in the early 20th Century. I have one of their bows, and it's, I guess, what might be called a student-grade bow. It's always possible that they sold some decent bows, but I'm not sure they were mostly even made of Pernambuco.

And then of course it also depends on the nature of the required repair. Even an excellent bow can be beyond economical or effective repair.
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