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Violoncello bow
Date: 1830-1870 ca.
Place Made:Mirecourt, France, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsScratched in frog lining: X I
DescriptionStick: round; dark pernambuco; uneven faceting at handle; visible rasp and tool marks on handle; stick rounding begins abruptly
Head: rounded back lacking chamfers
Frog: ebony; open; rounded heel, no ferrule or heel-plate; nickel-silver lining; no slide; slightly rounded lower edges; bottom side longer than top side
Adjuster: ebony; two nickel-silver bands; eye missing; iron pin in one facet of each band
Tip plate: missing
Head: rounded back lacking chamfers
Frog: ebony; open; rounded heel, no ferrule or heel-plate; nickel-silver lining; no slide; slightly rounded lower edges; bottom side longer than top side
Adjuster: ebony; two nickel-silver bands; eye missing; iron pin in one facet of each band
Tip plate: missing
DimensionsStick length: 690 mm
Head height: 24.5 mm
Head width (bottom): 12.6 mm
Frog height: 23.4-23.8 mm
Frog length (top): 50.4 mm
Frog length (bottom): 52.0 mm
Frog width (top): 9.6 mm
Frog width (bottom): 15.7-15.9 mm
Weight (without tip plate or hair): 61.5 grams
Head height: 24.5 mm
Head width (bottom): 12.6 mm
Frog height: 23.4-23.8 mm
Frog length (top): 50.4 mm
Frog length (bottom): 52.0 mm
Frog width (top): 9.6 mm
Frog width (bottom): 15.7-15.9 mm
Weight (without tip plate or hair): 61.5 grams
ProvenanceLot 246, Various items from the workshop of Alfred E. Chanot, Christie's Fine Musical Instruments sale, Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 2000
Not on view
Object number: 10122