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Cello bow

stick: pernambuco, octagonal for about 1/3, then round; head: lined and faced with ebony and ivory; frog: yellowed ivory, unlined, with no slide or ferrule, but a flange; bevelled heel; iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory, faceted; length 718, hair 600, diameter at frog 9.0, diameter at head 5.5, weight 70 gr.

  • Date:
    1815–25
  • Maker:
    Betts, John Edward [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    London (Timezone: Europe/London)
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  • Inscriptions:stamped both on rh frog flange and on stick: BETTSS
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music