Bow for bass viol.

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Instrument

Bow/Bows/Bows/Musical Instrument ; Bow

Instrument Family

Bows

Date Made

Probably mid 18th century

Description

Technical description: The round, slightly concave, dark pernambuco (?) stick ends in a swan head with `T'-shaped head mortise. The stick has narrow fluting for 166mm, beginning 127mm from the end of the stick, and wider fluting for 17.4mm to the end of the stick. (The end of the stick is interpreted here as excluding the missing button and the nipple.) The bow has an open, screw-mechanism, sloped, ivory frog. Measurements: Weight: 80g (approximately, as the bow is incomplete). Hair length: 619mm. Balance point: 304mm. Head height: 22.1mm. Head width: 11.95mm. Face length: 33.7mm (mid-point to mid-point). Tip diameter: 6.4mm. Frog diameter: 10.6mm (measured 100mm from the end of the nipple). Nipple range: 2.7 to 3.2mm. Ferrule width: 11.7mm. Frog + stick height: 33.5mm. Frog top length: 45.6mm (from the broken top edge at the heel to the front). No inscriptions. There is a dent in the stick near the frog. The stick has been shattered and is in shards in the upper half of the bow, with pieces missing, but the main portion of the bow is still in one piece. An edge has been broken off of the stick mortise. The top edges of the frog are chipped and large chunks are missing from the top of the heel end. The button, screw eye, and screw are missing. Current ownership: Government allocation to the University, 1991. (C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection).

Notes

Brenda Neece, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004.

Measurements

744.

Provenance

Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

1098

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