Bow for double bass

William Tarr

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Instrument

Bow/Bows/Bows/Musical Instrument ; Bow

Instrument Family

Bows

Maker

William Tarr

Place Made

Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

1835-1875

Description

Technical description: The convex, pernambuco (?) stick ends in a rounded meat cleaver head. The stick is rounded along its whole length, even over the frog. Its large, open, completely rounded, ebony, fixed frog has a front point and is held in place by a copper (?) screw through the top of the stick. The bow currently has black hair. Measurements: Weight: 161g. Hair length: 520mm. Balance point: 295mm. Head height: 57.8mm (measured 70mm from the tip). Head width: 18.4mm. Face length: 36.3mm. Tip diameter: 11.8mm. Frog diameter: 14.4mm. Period of oscillation: 1.37. Distance from pivot to tail: c.107.5mm (difficult to be exact due to the shape of the frog and its shifting on the rod). Ferrule width: 17.15mm. Frog + stick height: 64.2mm. Frog top length: 71.7mm. Inscriptions: The stick is stamped "W TARR" on both sides over the frog. The thumb-side stamp is 2.47mm high and 17.39mm wide. The top part of the stamp was not pressed in and the height of the first "R" was measured rather than the second. The finger-side stamp is 2.31mm high and 17.40mm wide. Again, the top of the stamp was not pressed in and the height of the "A" was measured rather than the second "R".

Notes

Brenda Neece, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004.

Measurements

682.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

1847

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