I have a baroque bow from Heidi, the early 18th century model, and I have been delighted with it from the first moment I tried it. It is a light bow and very comfortable to play. It produces an intense, beautiful and stable sound throughout the stroke, even when playing very slow bows. It adapts very well to different bow strokes and playing double strings with it is really a treat. A great result at a very good price.

I have been playing with an early baroque bow, made by Heidi, for three years now, and I am very pleased with it. The bow is perfect for 17th century music, especially French music, either with an Italian or French bow hold. It has a very quick and direct response and is very stable, which allows it to create a very compact tone, even with slow bows. In fast passages it grips the string very well, which results in a very clear articulation. The bow is very light and has a fine finish. The quality-price relationship is really good. In the following video link I am playing with the aforementioned bow.

After playing the violin professionally for more than 25 years, I decided to take up the baroque violin –  just for fun. It was difficult to know where to find a decent baroque bow. Luckily someone suggested I try the bows made by Heidi Erbrich, and I’m glad I did. The bow I purchased is beautifully crafted, has a wonderful sound and was reasonably priced. It even sounds great on my modern fiddle!

I have two bows from Heidi and I am very happy with them. One is a short light bow, for early Baroque/17th century music that is very agile and easy for fast passages, but one can also produce a beautiful legato with it.
The other is a bow from around the first half of the 18th century , a “sonata-bow” type. It is longer, but feels just as supple, light and stable and with a very fine feeling of balance. I am therefore very happy with both bows!

My violin sounds lovely with your bow (early baroque bow), it feels like I can do anything I want with it. This bow felt like being friends forever. It plays smooth as well as firm (sometimes I put a little paper between frog and hair depending on the piece and the necessity of more stiffness). The bow gives me an opportunity to get in touch with the violin. It gets into the string well but is also light.

Whilst practising a Pandolfi sonata I got three new bows, made by Heidi Erbrich, just to try. They were much lighter and shorter than the bow I used to play with. What a difference…. I could play with much more ease, the ‘gruppo’s’ etc. sounded wonderful…..I could play as a singer!
I chose one of Heidi’s bows. Through the lightness and quality of the bow my arm and the bow are one!