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stick: pernambuco, octagonal for one third of its length, then round, with a hatchet-head, faced with ivory, and a well-defined nose; frog: ivory, with curved fluted back and no corner, unlined, without slide or ferrule; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory, cylindrical, with narrow neck with dished facets at the end. Length 520, hair 412, diameter at frog 8.0, diameter at head 5.0, weight 34.6 gr.

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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music