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Bow

Method of hair tightening: simple screw mechanism, no ferrule. Stick: made of pernambuco, dark read–aubergine; cross section round, octagonal at frog end, only visible beyond snakeskin for c. 54mm; wrapping at frog: snakeskin, padded, coloured brown. Head: facing: plain, with bright wooden trapezoidal plug; elongated almond shape; trapezoid plane; Cramer type. Frog: made of ivory; parallelogram plane with c-shape undercutting; wavy undercutting at back edge; screw cap made of ivory, diameter 11mm, octagonal with two blackened lines close to the stick edge; screw made of iron, length 43mm; eyelet of brass.

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  • Inscriptions:"DODD" on frog’s thumb side, close to wavy undercut in upper part.
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Overall length: 715mm. Stick diameter at head: 5mm. Stick diameter at frog: 10mm. Playing length of hair: 615mm. Overall length of hair: 658mm. Width of hair at frog: 8.3mm. Hair to stick at head: 16mm. Hair to stick at frog: 18.5mm. Max concavity: 10mm at 260mm from head. Weight: 62g.