DescriptionTechnical description: The convex, brown, wooden stick is partially covered (upper half and head) in dark stain (?) or black paint (?) and ends in a rounded meat cleaver head with an ivory headface. The stick is rounded except, over the frog, the bottom of the stick has three facets. The large, open, screw-mechanism, canted frog has a metal underslide and a brass (?) screw eye. The bow currently has black hair. The ebony button is cylindrical with a rim.
Measurements: Weight: 155g. Hair length: 525mm. Balance point: 281mm. Head height: 53.5mm. Head width: 19.35mm. Face length: 37.3mm. Tip diameter: 11.1mm. Frog diameter: 14.8mm. Nipple range: 1.9 to 2mm. Period of oscillation: 1.41. Distance from pivot to tail: 112.4mm. Button length: 32.2mm. Ferrule width: 20.7mm. Frog + stick height: 67.1mm. Frog top length: 65.8mm.
No inscriptions.
Illustration references: World-Wide Web picture at http://music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/
Previous ownership: Harry Hodge.
(Reid Collection). |