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Cello bow

stick: striped pernambuco, polished golden brown, octagonal for more than a quarter of its length, then round with a head of later form than B 27, with a pronounced chamfer and an emphatic nose, lined with ebony with an inlaid face of plain grey pearl; frog: yellowed ivory, with a square corner, unlined but with a silver ferrule and a plain grey pearl slide; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory and silver; length 722, hair 617, diameter at frog 9.0, diameter at head 6.0, weight 77 gr.

  • Date:
    early 19th century
  • Maker:
    Dodd [Family]
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    London (Timezone: Europe/London)
  • Culture:
  • Period:early 19th century
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  • Inscriptions:signed both on rh flank of frog and on wood: DODD
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music