Stanley Williams was executed in 2005.
Keith M. Peck -LRB- 1953 -- 1998 -RRB- was a highly acclaimed American bow maker from Evanston , Illinois .. American. United States. bow. Bow ( music ). His bows are used on instruments such as those created by master makers Giuseppe Guarneri , Giovanni Battista Guadagnini , Giovanni Grancino , Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume , and many others .. Giuseppe Guarneri. Giuseppe Guarneri. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. Giovanni Grancino. Giovanni Grancino. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Peck began playing cello at age nine .. cello. cello. He assembled his first cello when in junior high school .. cello. cello. He spent two summers while in high school repairing string instruments for the Boise -LRB- Idaho -RRB- School District albeit living and going to high school in Moscow , Idaho .. His father was a physics professor at the University of Idaho who researched and published extensively in the field of optics .. University of Idaho. University of Idaho. Keith Peck moved to Seattle , Washington in 1975 and worked for David Saunders from 1975 to 1976 .. He was insistent on using the finest horse hair with even the most inexpensive bows .. Keith continued to study the cello with Howard Jones at University of Idaho .. cello. cello. University of Idaho. University of Idaho. It was his other cello teacher , Arthur Ross , who got him intrigued in bows by stressing their importance and eventually his focus turned to bow making .. bow. Bow ( music ). cello. cello. He started making bows in 1971 , and moved to Seattle , Washington in 1975 and worked for David Saunders from 1975 to 1976 .. Peck established his own shop in 1976 , making his own model , as well as copies of Dominique Peccatte , Francois Tourte , and Francois Nicolas Voirin .. Dominique Peccatte. Dominique Peccatte. Francois Tourte. Francois Tourte. Francois Nicolas Voirin. Francois Nicolas Voirin. Voirin. Francois Nicolas Voirin. and frog copies of Francois-Jude Gaulard , John Dodd , Francois Lupot , Nicolaus Kittel , Pierre Simon , Voirin and many more .. Francois-Jude Gaulard. Francois-Jude Gaulard. John Dodd. John Dodd ( bow maker ). Nicolaus Kittel. Nicolaus Kittel. Pierre Simon. Pierre Simon. Voirin. Francois Nicolas Voirin. Peck is widely known for being the creator of the Amber Frog Bow , a bow commissioned by Gennady Filimonov .. bow. Bow ( music ). Amber. Amber. The Amber Frog  /  Picture bow -LRB- copy of F.N. Voirin -RRB- , is the first documented amber frog bow -LRB- made in 1996-97 -RRB- , that was -LRB- and is -RRB- a complete success .. bow. Bow ( music ). Voirin. Francois Nicolas Voirin. Amber. Amber. F.N. Voirin. Francois Nicolas Voirin. It is still being played by Gennady Filimonov .. Amber used for the frog was Baltic amber .. Amber. Amber. Baltic amber. Baltic amber. The amber frog and the rest of the bow was made entirely by hand by Master Bow Maker Keith Peck .. bow. Bow ( music )