This documentary movie explores the world of the bow and the extraordinary masters who make them. The bow is the Cinderella of the orchestra—the overworked and overshadowed ally to its extra glamorous companions. Few individuals, even amongst lovers of classical music, consider the bow as an instrument in its personal proper, however gamers of stringed devices see them in a different way. To musicians, the bow is as important to expressing the soul of the music because the violin or cello. The movie follows the journey of the “silent servant” of the music world—from the workshops of the virtuosos of the commerce, to the birthplace of the bow in France, and to Brazil, residence to the imperiled tree from which the world’s best bows are made.
