DescriptionTechnical description: The round, slightly concave, pernambuco stick ends in a swan head with a silver headface. The stick has no nipple. The bow has an open, screw-mechanism, rounded, ivory frog and a bone button which is octagonal with a rim.
Measurements: Weight: 72g. Hair length: 577mm. Balance point: 245.5mm. Head height: 21.7mm. Head width: 9.85mm. Face length: 35.2mm. Tip diameter: 6.0mm. Frog diameter: 9.3mm. Period of oscillation: 1.31. Distance from pivot to tail: 71.5mm. Button length: 14.75mm. Ferrule width: 13.25mm. Frog + stick height: 33.4mm. Frog top length: 46.3mm.
Inscriptions: On top of the frog, underneath the stick, "////" is scratched into the ivory.
The headface metal is dented. There are three cracks in the ivory frog.
Illustration references: World-Wide Web picture at http://music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/
Current ownership: Purchased, 1988. |