Roger François Lotte (b. 1922 - d. 1989) was French

archetier 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 ...

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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 ...

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François Lotte François Lotte (1889–1970) was a French archetier and bow maker. Son of Georges Lotte who was a luthier and violin maker in the Vuillaume shop. François Lotte received his training in the best French tradition, initially apprenticed with Ba ...

and Marguerite Ouchard. Roger studied the art of bow making with his father and took over his shop around 1960. He made bows for: George Deblaye, Dupuy, Léon Mougenot,

Étienne Vatelot Étienne Vatelot (13 November 1925 – 13 July 2013) was a French luthier. Biography Étienne Vatelot is the son of luthier Marcel Vatelot, who opened his workshop in 1909, and Jehane Lauxerrois. He attended high school at the . From 1942, he ...

, Roger & Max Millant and

Bernard Millant Bernard Millant (1929 – 5 April 2017) was a bow maker, archetier and luthier in Paris, France. He was the son of Max Millant. He studied violin making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bowmaking with Louis Morizot ...

amongst others. His best bows made entirely by himself are stamped: Roger François Lotte and sometimes Roger Lotte. "Some of the bows from 1965-1970 mounted in gold/tortoise-shell are stunning". Gennady Filimonov
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References

* * * * Dictionnaire universel del luthiers - René Vannes 1951, 1972, 1985 (vol.3) *

Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers The ''Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers'' is a widely cited reference work providing information on approximately 9,000 violin makers. The work is based on the extensive notes of violinist and composer William Henley (1874-1957). Henley ...

- William Henley 1970 Bow makers Luthiers from Mirecourt 1922 births 1989 deaths {{France-archery-bio-stub