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Violoncello bow

Date1950-1970 ca.

Place MadeBubenreuth, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

SignedBranded on stick toward player: *LOTHAR SEIFERT*
DescriptionStick: octagonal; pernambuco
Frog: ivory; rose gold ferrule, heel-plate, and lining; highly figured abalone eyes surrounded by silver rings (Parisian eyes), abalone slide; one rose-gold pin each in heel-plate on underside of frog and at back of heel near stick; two brass screws through lining into frog on each side of eyelet; rounded heel
Adjuster: ivory with two rose-gold rings; rose-gold pin in one facet in each ring; abalone eye
Tip plate: ebony-lined ivory
Wrapping: rose gold
Grip: brown leather
DimensionsStick length: 699 mm
Head height: 27.8 mm
Head width (bottom): 12.1 mm
Stick width near tip: 6.2 mm (top to bottom); 6.2 mm (side to side)
Stick width near middle: 9.2 mm (top to bottom); 9.4 mm (side to side)
Stick width at end of handle: 9.7 mm (top to bottom); 9.6 mm (side to side)
Frog height: 22.6-23.1 mm
Frog length (top): 52.2 mm
Frog length (bottom): 51.4 mm
Frog width (top): 9.7 mm (front) - 9.6 mm (back)
Frog width (bottom): 14.5 mm (back) -15.0 mm (ferrule)
Weight: 84.8 grams

Credit LineGift of Ken Cancelosi, in memory of Robert Cancelosi, 2024

Object number15854

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