Tourte2
(tʊət, ‖ turt)
The name of the French violin-bow maker Fran{cced}ois Tourte (1747–1835), who perfected the modern bow, used attrib. and absol. to designate bows made according to his model.
| 1889 Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 155 The Tourte bow greatly facilitated the new development of violin music. Ibid. 156 A very fine Tourte has been recently sold for {pstlg}30. 1896 H. Saint-George Bow vi. 51 What a marvellous thing a fine Tourte is! What a revelation the first time a player handles one! 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. 233/2 This [professional violin] outfit includes:..One Tourte model bow, full German silver trimmings and best quality Brazil wood stick. 1950 Musical Q. Jan. 16 French and Italian bows shown in early 18-century sources seem lighter in construction than the Tourte bows. 1980 Early Music Apr. 200/1 Illus. 1c shows a genuine Tourte bow and 1d an English bow stamped forster..one of the types of so-called ‘transitional’ bows in vogue about 1775, some ten years before the invention of the Tourte. |