Violoncello bow

Alternate name(s)

Cello bow

Date1880-1930 ca.

Place MadeSaxony, Vogtland, Germany, Europe

ModelVoirin

Serial No.none

SignedBranded on stick: F.N.VOIRIN Á PARIS [sic]
MarkingsEngraved on bottom of ferrule in Gothic lettering: D-d
Written in pencil on tip plate: 70
Written in pencil on slide, on tip plate, and on frog on side away from player: 2
DescriptionStick: round; pernambuco
Head: long nose
Frog: ebony; rounded back edge; silver ferrule and heel-plate; nickel-silver lining; two small pins through lining into frog, one on each side of eyelet, now missing; silver pin in heel-plate on underside of frog and on back side of heel plate near handle; front corners of ferrule rounded; small abalone eyes enclosed in wide mother-of-pearl rings; abalone slide
Adjuster: ebony; two silver bands; small abalone eye enclosed in wide mother-of-pearl ring
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory
Wrapping: silver wire with black leather ring
Grip: black leather, later
DimensionsStick length: 690 mm
Head height: 26.3 mm
Head width (bottom): 10.8 mm
Stick width near tip: 6.0 mm (top to bottom); 5.6 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 8.9 mm (top to bottom); 8.7 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 9.0 mm (top to bottom); 9.0 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 23.9 mm (front); 23.6 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 48.4 mm
Frog length (bottom): 48.3 mm
Frog width (top): 9.2 mm (front); 9.1 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 14.6 mm (front); 15.2 mm (back)
Weight: 70.2 grams

Credit LineGift of Lothar Meisel, 2006

Object number12999

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