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Violin bow
stick: octagonal at thick end, then round, to a bell-shaped head with squared-off end to an elongated upswept beak; frog: carved ivory, with no slide or ferrule; screw: iron; eye: brass; adjuster: ivory; length 727, hair 619, diameter at frog 9.0, diameter at head 5.0, weight 59.6 gr.
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1755–65 - Maker:
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Royal Northern College of Music - Inventory number:
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England
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- Decorative elements:frog: carved as gondola, with canopy extended towards the stern supporting the hair|adjuster: ivory, octagonal with rows of punched circles between fine lines, at end a rosette of circles
- Inscriptions:label insert on top of stick: F. Gobetti, Venetijs, Ann. 1740
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- Repository:Royal Northern College of Music