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Method of hair tightening: simple screw mechanism, frog with ferrule. Stick: made of pernambuco, dark red, with hint of brown, varnished; cross section is round, octagonal towards frog end, only visible for c. 80mm beyond grip; burgundy leather snake-skin grip, no thread. Head: facing: plain; tip is carved into a scroll; looking from the front shape of elongated almond; trapezoid plug; triangular plane. Frog: made of horn; rectangular plane with an oval hole and small c-shape undercutting; silver ferrule, engraved & with traces of gold plating; slide of mother-of-pearl; silver backplate engraved with foliate elements; screw cap octagonal in cross-section, made of silver-ebony-silver with inlaid mother-of-pearl tip; screw made of iron; eyelet of brass; liner made of German silver; an extra hole for the eyelet suggests the position of the nut has been altered.
- Date:
1830–40 - Maker:
Anonymous - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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England
- Measurements:Overall length: 742mm. Stick diameter at head: 6mm. Stick diameter at frog: 10mm. Playing length of hair: 628mm. Overall length of hair: 646mm. Width of hair at frog: 14mm. Hair to stick at head: 13.5mm. Hair to stick at frog: 19mm. Max concavity: 13mm at 297mm from head. Weight: 78g.