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Method of hair tightening: screw mechanism, frog with ferrule. Stick: made of meatwood with black stripes/lines; cross section round, octagonal for at least the 65mm beyond metal wire and black leather padding; the end of the stick is reinforced by a new silver ring. Head: facing: ivory also embracing the tip: trapezoid plane; plug semi-circle shape. Frog: made of ebony with mother-of-pearl inlay on both sides depicting leaves and acorns; trapezoid plane with c-shape undercut; rear corner perpendicular; brass ferrule; mother-of-pearl slide; silver backplate; screw cap is octagonal in cross section, inlaid with 8 small mother-of-pearl panels, one on each face, with ebony edging; tip of the cap has a mother-of-pearl eye within an ebony ring; screw made of iron (rust); eyelet of brass.
- Date:
19th century - Maker:
Hill - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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England
- Measurements:Overall length: 727mm. Stick diameter at head: 8mm. Stick diameter at frog: 11mm. Playing length of hair: 612mm. Overall length of hair: 628mm. Width of hair at frog: 13mm. Hair to stick at head: 21mm. Hair to stick at frog: 20mm. Max concavity: 14mm at 300mm from head. Weight: 95g.