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Violin bow

stick: snake-wood, concavely curved and round throughout, without lapping, finely fluted from 104mm to 258mm; graceful throat, with shallow pike's head; frog: yellowed ivory, unlined, without slide or ferrule; end straight, with rounded corner; screw and eye: brass; adjuster: a cylinder of yellowed ivory, button at end; length 739, hair 622, diameter at frog 9.0, diameter at head 5.0, weight 64.2 gr.

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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music