Kit bow
Alternate name(s)
- Pochette bow
- Dancing masters' fiddle bow
Date1790 -1800 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionThis kit, or dancing master's fiddle bow, illustrates in miniature some features of late 18th century bow making, such as a strongly pointed tip and hatchet-shaped head.
Stick: round; ironwood or other very dark, open-pored tropical hardwood
Head: swan tip; T-mortise
Frog: ivory; no slide
Adjuster: ebony
Tip plate: none
DimensionsStick length: 428 mm
Head height: 19.2 mm
Head width (bottom): 9.4 mm
Stick width near tip: 5.3 mm (top to bottom); 5.1 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 7.3 mm (top to bottom); 7.1 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 8.4 mm (top to bottom); 8.3 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 17.5 mm (front); 15.7 mm (back)
Frog length (top): 35.0 mm
Frog length (bottom): 37.8 mm
Frog width (top): 5.8 mm (front); 6.3 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 7.8 mm (front); 7.9 mm (back)
Weight: 28.3 grams
ProvenancePurchased in 1980 from Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York, New York.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 53.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1980
Object number02680
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1770-1780 ca.