When Benoît Rolland conceived Spiccato® in the early 1980’s, his project was twice ground-breaking: he was creating the technology for the first carbon fiber bow of concert quality at a time when luthiers and musicians strongly favored classicism; moreover, he invented what seemed then impossible: an invisible mechanism allowing the musician to adjust at will the camber of the bow.

Totally innovative in both domains, Spiccato® was a success. Though this was a titanic and exhausting venture for Benoît, it allowed him to approach bow making from a scientific stand-point and to run systematical analyses of the comportment and fundamental structure of the Bow.

This greatly enriched his experience as a maker and deepened his understanding of the French traditional bow-making. Building upon his synthesis of historical and new knowledge, Benoît went further in his own creation of fine wood bows, harmonizing experience of the hand, sensation and scientific understanding.