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Bow for violoncello.

Technical description: The round, concave, light pernambuco bow ends in a modern head with an ivory headface and an ebony headface lining. The stick is very shiny. The screw-mechanism, rounded, ebony frog has mother-of-pearl decorative eyes, a mother-of-pearl slide, a metal ferrule without a wedge, and a metal underslide. The bow hair is black. The ebony button has nickel rings, a mother-of-pearl button eye, and is octagonal with a rim.Weight: 70.Hair length: 597.Balance point: 266.Head height: 27.95.Head width: 12.0.Face length: 29.3 (from mid-point to mid-point).Tip diameter: 7.Frog diameter: 9.6.Nipple range: 1.7 to 1.8.Period of oscillation: 1.35.Distance from pivot to tail: 76.15.Button length: 18.2.Ferrule width: 14.2.Frog + stick height: 31.8.Frog top length: 51.8.

  • Date:
    1823-1875
  • Maker:
    Vuillaume, Jean-Baptiste [Person]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Paris/France
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  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:709