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Method of hair tightening: simple screw mechanism, frog with ferrule. Stick: made of pernambuco dark brown and reddish; cross section round, octagonal for c. 150mm at frog end; grip made of padded brown snake skin leather and black leather. Head: facing: inner strip of ebony and outer of ivory, also embraces the tip; shape of elongated almond; trapezoid plug; trapezoid plane. Frog: made of ebony with mother-of-pearl inlaid eye on both sides; rectangular plane, c-shape undercutting; ferrule made of silver; slide of mother-of-pearl; silver backplate; screw cap of silver-ebony-silver with inlaid mother-of-pearl tip, octagonal in cross-section; screw made of iron; eyelet of brass; liner of German silver for facilitating sliding on the stick.
- Date:
circa 1820 - Maker:
Lupot - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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France
- Measurements:Overall length: 713mm. Stick diameter at head: 6mm. Stick diameter at frog: 9mm. Playing length of hair: 605mm. Overall length of hair: 618mm. Width of hair at frog: 11mm. Hair to stick at head: 20mm. Hair to stick at frog: 20mm. Max concavity: 17mm at 310mm from head. Weight: 70g.