Our team
OUR TEAM
Discover the experts who run our company
Discover those through whom all this is possible.
For us, each moment is a source of creativity and demand.
Our team of bow makers makes a commitment to you, musicians, on a simple idea: the service
Sandrine RAFFIN:
Born in 1972, she spent most of her chilhood in Lorraine where she has learned violin making in Mirecourt (Vosges), in the footsteps of Jean-François Raffin, bow maker and expert in French bowmaking.
She obtained her diploma of Technician in violinmakin in 1991.
She then joined the worshop RAFFIN at 68 rue de Rome. She began learning bow-making and managing the family business.
In 2005, she will recognize the company RAFFIN "Master Craftsman" by the Chamber of Trades.
In 2007, after 17 years of collaboration, she created her own company to take over, and as part of a succession, the activities related to bow making that she has developed in the paternal establishment.
She is currently President and collaborates every day in the repair, restoration and manufacturing of the Atelier.
Jade BIGOT
Born in 1999, Jade, after obtaining her BAC in management sciences and technology, went to Korea for 3 months to study at the prestigious Yonsei University in Seoul.
In 2019 she joined the family’s workshop and began learning bowmaking assisted by her grandfather, Jean-François RAFFIN, as well as her parents Sandrine RAFFIN and Sylvain BIGOT.
In 2023 She is the first assistant of the workshop.
Jade restores and repaires the bows and begins to make bows. She also actively participates in the management of the company.
Salomé BIGOT
Born in 1997, Salomé, after obtaining her BAC jointed her father Sylvain BIGOT and strating bowmaking durind 1 year
In 2023 she joined the family’s workshop and began learning bowmaking assisted by her grandfather, Jean-François RAFFIN, as well as her parents Sandrine RAFFIN and Sylvain BIGOT and her sister Jade BIGOT.
Salomé repaires the bow.