Montco baton maker creates replica for upcoming Bradley Cooper movie

all right finally at four baton making is in Mark hurwitz's blood from his basement Ambler he's molded delicate batons for famous conductors for decades then Hollywood King Came Calling and now this Montgomery County native's work will be on the big screen when the prop team for Bradley Cooper's upcoming film Maestro was looking for an authentic Leonard Bernstein conductor baton they turned their eyes to Ambler Pennsylvania specifically Mark Horowitz his family is known for making conductor bato

ns in fact his dad Richard was Bernstein's baton maker when the props guy called me I said you know I've been expecting your call it was sort of natural it wasn't a surprise to you it wasn't a surprise that I mean that speaks volumes about your work and also the legacy of your dad Horowitz made Seven replicas for Cooper also a Philadelphia area native but didn't know if they were ever used until about three weeks ago and he said at the beginning of the movie when Bernstein was not well known and

much younger they got it different baton and then when Bernstein was older and better known that's when they use mine Horowitz makes the batons out of his basement all crafted by hand tapered to a tip with a circumference no larger than about 1 16 of an inch it takes about two hours to do then another couple hours to be painted by hand and then dry it costs 100 but seeing his work and his dad's Legacy on the big screen he says is priceless I think the last four batons to the props guy he brough

t the mailing tube up with him to see Jamie Bernstein and he took out a baton and he handed it to her and she started crying because it was the Baton that she grew up with and it was the Baton that she knew that her dad used it's nice that his legacy is uh you know continuous and very cool to get to be a part of this now hurwitz says he wasn't invited to the premiere in October but he is very excited to see that film drop and Netflix I was just saying to you what a specific skill that is I mean

and people from all over the world seek this man out and his dad before he passed away just for this incredible yeah very cool