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

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

and

luthier A luthier ( ; ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments. Etymology The word ' is originally French and comes from ''luth'', the French word for "lute". The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be ...

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. He was the son of Max Millant. He studied violin-making at

Amédée Dieudonné Amédée is a French masculine forename. Notable people with the forename include: Persons * Amédée, stage name of Philippe de Chérisey (1923–1985), French writer, radio humorist, surrealist and actor *Amédée Artus (1815–1892), French c ...

's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bow-making 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 ...

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
1929 births 2017 deaths Luthiers from Paris Bow makers {{France-music-bio-stub