DescriptionTechnical description: The round, concave, brazilwood stick, with a black leather lapping, ends in a modern head with ebony headface lining. The screw-mechanism, rounded, ebony frog has mother-of-pearl decorative eyes with a metal decorative eye ring, a mother-of-pearl slide, a metal ferrule with a wooden ferrule wedge, a metal heelplate, and a metal underslide. The screw eye is brass. The ebony button is covered by nickel, has a mother-of-pearl button eye and is octagonal with a rim.
Measurements: Weight: 74g. Hair length: 604mm. Balance point: 255mm. Head height: 28.7mm. Head width: 10.8mm. Face length: 29.9mm (from mid-point to mid-point). Tip diameter: 7.0mm. Frog diameter: 9.9mm (measured at 200mm to avoid the lapping). Nipple range: 0.8 to 1.1. Period of oscillation: 1.34. Distance from pivot to tail: 71.3mm. Button length: 17.1mm. Ferrule width: 15.8mm. Frog + stick height: 30.5mm. Frog top length: 50.7mm.
No inscriptions.
The headface is missing. The nipple is chipped. The cheeks of the stick mortise are chipped. The button is not in line with the stick. The slide is bent and partially hanging out of the frog.
General usage of type: Trade bow.
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