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Double bass bow
Date: 1760-1800 ca.
Place Made:Thuringia, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionThis is one of the few surviving baroque bass bows. It was purchased from an elderly bass player in Eisenach who had been using it.
Stick: round; brown hardwood
Head: swan head; chamfers on back edge slightly rounded with file
Handle: rounded on upper side at frog position; three facets on underside at frog position
Frog: brown-stained pearwood or related species; open, with no slide; rounded back edge; decorative notch at center of throat; decorative molding carved on upper side of lower throat edge; iron eyelet
Adjuster: bone; decoratively turned; cut iron screw; screw emerges from end of adjuster, and is hammered flat over a small copper square
Tip plate: none
Wrapping: none
Stick: round; brown hardwood
Head: swan head; chamfers on back edge slightly rounded with file
Handle: rounded on upper side at frog position; three facets on underside at frog position
Frog: brown-stained pearwood or related species; open, with no slide; rounded back edge; decorative notch at center of throat; decorative molding carved on upper side of lower throat edge; iron eyelet
Adjuster: bone; decoratively turned; cut iron screw; screw emerges from end of adjuster, and is hammered flat over a small copper square
Tip plate: none
Wrapping: none
DimensionsStick length: 700 mm
Head height: about 24 mm at back edge, about 28 mm where stick attains full height
Head width (bottom): 14.0 mm at back edge
Frog height: 22.2 mm at back, 39.0 at front
Frog length (top): 67.1 mm
Frog length (bottom): 89.2 mm
Frog width (top): 9.7 mm at front, 11.2 mm at center, 10.6 mm at back
Frog width (bottom): 13.5 mm at front, 11.9 mm at center, 10.0 mm at back
Weight: 98.1 grams
Head height: about 24 mm at back edge, about 28 mm where stick attains full height
Head width (bottom): 14.0 mm at back edge
Frog height: 22.2 mm at back, 39.0 at front
Frog length (top): 67.1 mm
Frog length (bottom): 89.2 mm
Frog width (top): 9.7 mm at front, 11.2 mm at center, 10.6 mm at back
Frog width (bottom): 13.5 mm at front, 11.9 mm at center, 10.0 mm at back
Weight: 98.1 grams
ProvenancePurchased by National Music Museum in 2002 from Wolfgang Wenke, Eisenach, Germany. It had been acquired by Wenke from an elderly bass player in Eisenach.
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 2002
Not on view
Object number: 10282