Bernard Millant (1929 – 5 April 2017) was a bow maker,

archetier A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for bowed string instruments. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc. The French word for bowmaker (bow maker) is ...

and

luthier A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers of ...

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. He was the son of Max Millant. He studied violin making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bowmaking with

Louis Morizot Louis Morizot (1874–1957) was an influential French bow maker of great reputation. Biography Louis was born in Darney (Vosges), and worked in Mirecourt, France where he started a family dynasty. Louis Morizot began his apprenticeship with E ...

alongside the Morizot Frères. He is known as an expert for his reliable certificates for fine French bows, and was the author of the definitive book on French Bows:

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L'Archet Éditions
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List of Contemporary Bow Makers
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