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Violin bow

stick: a brazed hollow steel tube of round section, cambered and tapered to a head of a form transitional between 'bell' and modern (perhaps copied from a pre-Tourte bow), faced with brass; frog and adjuster are rather ordinary, with brass mountings; length 747, hair 649, diameter at frog 7.0, diameter at head 4.0, weight 61.2 gr.

  • Date:
    1855–65
  • Maker:
    Vuillaume, Jean-Baptiste [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris)
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music