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Violin bow

A pernambuco bow, made in France in the manner of François Tourte the elder with an inward curving stick and an increased width of horsehair.

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    Ashmolean Museum
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    Italy
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  • Materials:snakewood, ebony, ivory, horsehair
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  • Repository:Ashmolean Museum
  • Measurements:6.3 mm stick smallest point width; 7.4 mm stick 1/4 hair length width; 8.1 mm stick 1/2 hair length width; 8.8 mm stick 3/4 hair length width; 8.5 mm stick front of frog width; 8.3 mm stick end of stick width; 5.9 mm stick smallest point height; 6.7 mm stick 1/4 hair length height; 7.5 mm stick 1/2 hair length height; 8.4 mm stick 3/4 hair length height; 8.6 mm stick front of frog height; 8.5 mm stick end of stick height; 704 mm bow overall length; 252 mm bow balance point length; 595 mm bow hair length; 59.5 g bow weight; 30.3 mm head length; 9.5 mm head width; 8.5 mm head hair width; 52 mm frog length; 20.6 mm frog height; 8.7 mm frog width; 7.2 mm frog hair width; 15.7 mm adjuster length