Violoncello bow

Alternate name(s)

Cello bow

Date1950-1970 ca.

Place MadeMirecourt, France, Europe

ModelVigneron

Serial No.none

SignedBranded on stick: A VIGNERON A PARIS
MarkingsScratched on frog lining: I I
Written in pencil on tip plate: 74
Written in pencil on slide, on tip plate, and on frog on side away from player: 1
DescriptionStick: octagonal; pernambuco
Head: small nose; square outline to leading edge; rounded outline to back edge; sharply-defined ridge; no chamfers on back
Handle: small nipple
Frog: ebony; rounded back edge; silver ferrule and heel-plate; nickel-silver lining; two pins through lining into frog, one on each side of eyelet; silver pin in heel-plate on underside of frog and on back of heel plate near handle; front corners of ferrule rounded; abalone eyes enclosed in silver rings; abalone slide
Adjuster: ebony; two silver bands, the outer one with two silver pins touching one another on one face; imitation mother-of-pearl plastic eye
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory
Wrapping: black and beige translucent alternating imitation-baleen plastic
Grip: black leather
DimensionsStick length: 697 mm
Head height: 28.7 mm
Head width (bottom): 10.7 mm
Stick width near tip: 7.0 mm (top to bottom); 6.5 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 9.1 mm (top to bottom); 9.1 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 9.8 mm (top to bottom); 9.8 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 22.8 mm (front); 22.7 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 49.9 mm
Frog length (bottom): 49.4 mm
Frog width (top): 8.9 mm (front); 9.2 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 15.1 mm (front); 15.3 mm (back)
Weight: 73.7 grams

Credit LineGift of Lothar Meisel, 2006

Object number12998

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