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Violin bow

stick: ?pernambuco, round but with elegant grooving at frog, and cambered; head of transitional hatchet shape; frog: yellowed ivory, with curved heel, concave sides, no slide or ferrule, very slender; adjuster: yellowed ivory, with 2 fine grooves; width of hair very narrow (6mm); length 718, hair 617, diameter at frog 8.5, diameter at head 4.0, weight 46.2 gr.

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  • Decorative elements:wound with green cotton twine
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music