Ludwig Christian August Bausch (15 January 1805 in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

26 May 1871 in

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) was a German ''Bogenmacher'' /

bow maker A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for bowed string instruments. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc. The French word for bowmaker (bow maker) is ...

. He became known as the "German Tourte". Bausch started a dynasty of makers. He studied violin making in Dresden with J.B. Fritsche and eventually set up his own firm in Leipzig. He combined the best elements of French and German styles, and achieved great fame. He was very much influenced by the late F.X. Tourte model, nevertheless his work is very distinct and personal. His two sons, Ludwig jun. Bausch (Karl Friedrich Ludwig jun.) (1829-1871) and Otto Julius Bausch (1841-1874) produced bows until 1874. "From the turn of the century (1900 AD) until now, thousands of cheap bows branded with the Bausch name were exported from Germany and sold throughout the world. Genuine Bausch bows, once plentiful, are now scarce and these vary from commercial grade bows to bows of exceptional beauty." - Kenway Lee 1994 "

Heinrich Knopf Heinrich Carl Knopf (1839–1875) was a German bowmaker or ''bogenmacher''. Biography Knopf came from a dynasty of bow makers. He studied bow making in Markneukirchen under his uncle, Christian Knopf. He was a journeyman in Leipzig working for L ...

and his shop, supplied bows to Ludwig Bausch and

Nicolaus Kittel Nikolai Ferdinandovich Kittel (1805/6 - 18 April 1868) was a Russian violin and bow maker who is often still mistakenly considered as of German origin, and was known as the "Russian Tourte". According to the latest findings, his full name was Niko ...

(as there are substantial similarities in some of these bows by Kittel and Bausch)" - Gennady Filimonov Filimonov Fine Violins
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