Bow for kit

John Dodd workshop

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Instrument

Bow/Bows/Bows/Musical Instrument ; Bow

Instrument Family

Bows

Maker

John Dodd workshop

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Late 18th century

Description

Technical description: The round, concave, pernambuco stick ends in a modern head with an ivory headface. The bow has an open, screw-mechanism, squared, ivory frog and an octagonal, ivory button, with rounded corners. Measurements: Weight: 33.5g. Hair length: 358mm. Balance point: 157mm. Head height: 20.8mm. Head width: 8.4mm. Face length: 18.6mm. Tip diameter: 6.0mm. Frog diameter: 8.3mm. Nipple range: 1.0 to 1.2mm. Period of oscillation: 1.11. Distance from pivot to tail: 62.35mm. Button length: 14.8mm. Ferrule width: 9.45mm. Frog + stick height: 25.2mm. Frog top length: 38.5mm. Repair History: The headface is very white and looks new. It has probably been replaced or added. Inscriptions: The stick is tamped "DODD" above the frog on the thumb side. The frog is also stamped "DODD" upside down, on the bottom, hell corner, of the finger side; the stamp is 2.19mm high and 11.52mm wide. Decorative features: none. The button is cracked and split open. The top of the thumb side of the frog is uneven due to chips missing from the ivory. The frog is loose, and moves from side-to-side as well as forwards and back. The headface is very white and looks new. It has probably been replaced or added. Allocated with and possibly formerly used with kit (958). Current ownership: Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Notes

Brenda Neece, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004.

Measurements

444mm

Provenance

Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd ; C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection

Accession Number

0960

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