Baritone violin bow
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- New violin family bow
- Violoncello bow
- Cello bow
Maker
Maxwell Kimball
Date1958-1966 ca.
Place MadeGlen Ridge, New Jersey, United States, North America
ModelNew Violin Family
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on stick: MAXWELL KIMBALLDescriptionMade 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, slightly fluted; light pernambuco
Head: small chamfers on back
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 rounded; mother-of-pearl eyes enclosed in wide silver rings; mother-of-pearl slide
Adjuster: ebony; silver bands; mother-of-pearl eye; small in relation to stick diameter, possibly later
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory
Wrapping: silver wire
Grip: brown leatherDimensionsStick length: 700 mm
Head height: 28.4 mm
Head width (bottom): 12.8 mm
Frog height: 23.3 mm (front); 24.6 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 51.3 mm
Frog length (bottom): 51.3 mm
Frog width (top): 9.2 mm (front); 9.2 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 14.7 mm (front); 14.3 mm (back)
Weight: 84.5 gramsProvenanceNo known provenance.
Credit LineGift of Carleen Maley Hutchins, 1999
Object number10477
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