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Violin bow

A bow made of pernambuco. Not necessarily made by one of the Dodd family but possibly sold through the Dodd shop.

  • Date:
    c. 1830 - 1840
  • Maker:
  • Collection:
    Ashmolean Museum
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  • Place of production:
    England
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  • Materials:pernambuco, mother-of-pearl, silver, ebony, horsehair
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  • Inscriptions:inscription/mark: DODD (Stamped on the bow stick)
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:Ashmolean Museum
  • Measurements:5.4 mm stick smallest point width; 6.5 mm stick 1/4 length width; 7.6 mm stick hair length width; 8 mm stick 3/4 hair length width; 8.4 mm stick front of frog width; 8.6 mm stick end of stick width; 5.2 mm stick smallest point height; 6.6 mm stick 1/4 height; 7.7 mm 1/2 hair length height; 8.2 mm stick 3/4 hair length height; 8.2 mm stick 3/4 hair length height; 8 mm stick front of frog height; 8.8 mm stick end of stick height; 739 mm bow overall length; 262 mm bow balance point length; 639 mm bow hair length; 49.5 g bow weight; 32.1 mm head length; 24 mm head height; 11.4 mm head width; 10.6 mm head hair width; 42.2 mm frog length; 19.8 mm frog height; 12.4 mm frog width; 10 mm frog hair width; 12.2 mm adjuster length