What do I do?

I make new bows from the finest materials (pictured above is a violin bow finished early in 2009, 'Taperflex' © built cane stick with kingwood splices, mounted with horn and silver, for a professional player).  Most of my bows are made from the now precious pernambuco wood of which I have stock seasoned at least 30 years in my ownership.

I repair all instruments of the violin family (I no longer make instruments – I have colleagues whose excellent work I could never emulate) except full size double basses.

I set up and sell new violins, violas and 'cellos for students of all sizes, so that the instruments are musical ones, not just wooden boxes.

Cost of bow rehairs can be found by following the links on the left, 'Main information' and then 'general'.

Other information will follow as I have the time to upload it. Thank you for your patience! 

Some have kindly emailed me to say they find the site difficult to navigate. So I've redesigned it slightly. My apologies if it seems too 'wordy' - I am assuming you are looking for information, not just photographs of bows.

I have had to include some information about sending bows through the postal system, it is on the bow rehairing price page.

In my newsletter I have put some recollections of the Bournemouth Youth Orchestra.

Throughout the summer of 2011 I worked on an exciting project for the BBC involving members of the Concert Orchestra. The task was for the orchestra to play the 1812 overture in a Prom concert on instruments made from scrap or recycled materials. One of the spare bows I made for the programme is shown in my Gallery and you can read about it under the heading 'Andrew Bellis Number One', again go from 'Main information' to 'general'.

I have just been able to bring home 'Andrew Bellis Number One', the first bow I made in my first workshop in Bournemouth and sold, having made it for myself. Photos and text are also in the 'general' chapter.

P.S. If you happen to be browsing the web and find site that is selling instruments and is a husband and wife team in Bournemouth, it is not connected with me in any way.

News and upsetting news at that. Within the last few months I have seen one fake Arthur Bultitude bow and heard about two others. Go to Main information then General, then newsletter.

'The small print' please note:

While it is Andrew Bellis’s intention to keep information up-to-date and accurate he cannot guarantee either.  If errors are brought to his attention he will attempt to correct them promptly.

Andrew Bellis will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages.

Copyright and the Use of Text and Image Files:

The text and image files that Andrew Bellis has made available on this web site (www.andrewbellis.com/) are intended to enhance public access to, and interest in, information about instruments of the violin family and the services that Andrew provides.

Andrew Bellis retains any rights, including copyright, he may have in data, image, text or any other information that these files may contain under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act (1988).

Any commercial use or publication of these Documents and Web pages are strictly prohibited without authorisation.  Downloading of files for personal/study use is permitted, subject to any additional terms or restrictions that may be provided with an individual file, though Andrew would consider it polite if you asked first.