In 2008 Benoit Rolland created a new line of Pernambuco bows: the “Signature” line. These bows, that offer an extended playing and sound potential in selected woods, complement the wide range of playing styles that the Rolland bows propose.

Benoît Rolland is engaged in several areas of research:

1- Always refining his understanding of what makes a fine bow, Benoît Rolland accumulates observations and analyses regarding the bows and their musical responses. He incorporates this knowledge in the pernambuco bows that he creates and in the restorations that he accomplishes.

2- Benoît is currently working on a prototype for a new concept of bow that he hopes to present to the musicians in the coming years.

3- He participates in innovation forums, physics of the music symposiums, and various research projects regarding innovation and bow making.

4- He also conducts a scholar research about the history of French bow making, replacing it in a larger context. His wife Christine Arveil contributes to this research and progressively records in writing Benoît ’s knowledge and observations about bow making and music.

Photograph Al Fisher, Boston 2006, copyrighted©

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