Violin bow

Date: 1993-1994 ca.

Place Made:Eltersdorf, Germany, Europe

Model: baroque

Serial No: none

SignedBranded on stick: R. DOTSCHKAIL

Markingsnone

DescriptionLothar Meisel notes that there is faulty biographical information for Dotschkail in the Grunke bow book. His given name is Reinhold, not Rudolf, and that he lived in Eltersdorf, near Erlangen, not in Erlangen. He was also born in Schönbach (Luby), Czechoslovakia, not in Graslitz (Kraslice). According to Meisel, Dotschkail died while renovating a bathroom in his home, when his masonry drill struck both an electric line and a water pipe at the same time. (Telephone interview, Arian Sheets and Lothar Meisel, 12/18/08)

Stick: octagonal; fluted on upper four facets; snakewood
Head: pointed
Frog: ivory; open channel
Adjuster: decoratively turned ivory
Grip: black leather

DimensionsStick length: 704 mm
Head height: 13.6 mm
Head width (bottom): 9.3 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.4 mm (top to bottom); 5.7 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.0 mm (top to bottom); 7.8 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 8.6 mm (top to bottom); 8.6 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 21.5mm (front); tapered end (back)
Frog length (top): 51.6 mm
Frog length (bottom): 34.5 mm
Frog width (top): 8.7 mm (front); 8.8 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 10.7 mm (front); 7.7 mm (back)
Weight: 66.1 grams

Terms

Credit Line: Gift of Kurt Lothar and Patricia A. Meisel, 2008

Not on view

Object number: 14354