François Lotte trained in the Bazin workshop and then worked for Cuniot-Hury before going on his own in 1926. His workshop included R.Bernard, M.Lapierre, M.Mangenot along with his son Roger.
Prell's bona fides include working for the great German masters Albert Nurnberger (1893-1895), and with August Rau (1896), before working with the venerable Eugene Sartory (1897-1898). He established his own shop in his native Markneukirchen in 1898. Prell died in 1925 at the age of 50.
New York. Beginning on his own in 1978, Aniano continued studying bowmaking with William Salchow in the early 1980s. Since 2002 he has worked with the renowned Yung Chin, whom Aniano considers his principal teacher and mentor. He won prizes at the VSA, including gold medal for a cello bow in 2006 and a viola bow in 2010.
One of the most important and respected of early 20th century German bow makers, Paul Schubert (1884-1961) was highly respected for his fine and elegant craftsmanship and the exceptionally high quality of materials he used. He trained with his father August, W.A.Pfretzschner and with August Nürnberger Suess before he left for America. He set up his own workshop in 1913.
The Hoyers were one of the dominant families of 27 violin and bow makers mostly in Saxony. Beginning with Andreas (1703-1780) and continuing on until the mid 20th century. Otto Hoyer was one of the most important bow makers of the family. After training in Markneukirchen, he took the unusual step of moving to Paris where he worked for several years with Eugene Sartory. Returning to Markneukirchen, he opened his own workshop producing outstanding bows of excellent quality, which show the influence of the great Parisian bow makers.