Alto violin bow
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- New violin family bow
- Viola bow
Maker
Maxwell Kimball
Date1958-1966
Place MadeGlen Ridge, New Jersey, United States, North America
ModelNew Violin Family
Serial No.8
SignedStamped on stick: MAXWELL KIMBALLMarkingsScratched in frog lining: 8Written in pencil on tip plate: 8
Black plastic embossed label affixed in front of wrap: CATGUTDescriptionMade specifically for use with New Violin Family instruments. Maxwell Kimball (d. 1996), an architect by trade, was one of the founding members of the Catgut Acoustical Society. He was particularly interested in researching the properties of bows, and was also involved in developing bows for the Hutchins violin octet, the design of which involved his assistance (project begun in 1957-1958).
Stick: octagonal; pernambuco
Head: no chamfers on back
Handle: ebony cap on end of handle, 5 mm long, also forming nipple
Frog: ebony with rounded back corner; silver ferrule, heel-plate, and lining; nickel-silver pins in heel-plate on underside and back side of frog; front corners of ferrule chamfered; mother-of-pearl eyes enclosed in silver rings; mother-of-pearl slide
Adjuster: ebony overlaid with silver; two large silver pins, one each on opposite facets, close to inside edge
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory; does not extend up nose
Wrapping: silver wire
Grip: brown leather with red cloth tape between grip and wrapDimensionsStick length: 730 mm
Head height: 24.9 mm
Head width (bottom): 11.5 mm
Frog height: 22.4 mm (front), 22.7 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 46.7 mm
Frog length (bottom): 47.3 mm
Frog width (top): 8.5 mm
Frog width (bottom): 13.8 mm (front), 13.3 mm (back)
Weight: 71.8 gramsProvenanceNo known provenance.
Credit LineGift of Carleen Maley Hutchins, 1999
Object number10473
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1770 ca.