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Method of hair tightening: simple screw mechanism, no ferrule. Stick: made of ?pernambuco; cross-section: round, octagonal for c. 130mm at frog end. Head: facing: plain; rectangular plug, quite small but very fine work (original hair); elongated almond shape; parallelogram plane, raised tip. Frog: made of ivory, with refined profile with special cut behind hair mounting; c-shape inner undercutting; screw cap is unoriginal and is in the style of a Tourte bow (brass-ebony-brass, the latter now missing, and mother-of-pearl eye in the tip).

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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Overall length: 733mm (715mm without screw cap). Stick diameter at head: 5.5mm. Stick diameter at frog: 10mm. Playing length of hair: 630mm. Overall length of hair: 675mm. Width of hair at frog: 8mm. Hair to stick at head: 16mm. Hair to stick at frog: 18mm. Max concavity: 15.5mm at 285mm from head. Weight: 56g.