Bow for double bass.

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Instrument

Bow/Bows/Bows/Musical Instrument ; Bow

Instrument Family

Bows

Description

Technical description: The convex, light brown, wooden 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, dark brown, wooden, fixed frog has a front point and is held in place by a screw through the top of the stick. The bow currently has black hair. Measurements: Weight: 112g. Hair length: 538mm. Balance point: 287mm. Head height: 58.5mm. Head width: 16.0mm. Face length: c. 42mm (mid-point to mid-point; difficult to measure with hair in place). Tip diameter: 13.7mm. Frog diameter: 14.2mm. Period of oscillation: 1.38. Distance from pivot to tail: 106.2mm. Ferrule width: 18.0mm. Frog + stick height: 64.2mm. Frog top length: 66.8mm. Inscriptions: There is an illegible stamp or blackened gouge on top of the stick, towards the middle of the bow. The bow possibly had rings holding the frog in place; if so, the rings are now missing. There is a chunk out of the top of the stick, below the middle of the bow. Illustration references: World-Wide Web picture at http://music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ Current ownership: Lent by J.W. Phillips.

Notes

Brenda Neece, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004. ; Kristy Davis. Enhanced record and attached PDFs.

Measurements

695.

Provenance

Formerly on loan to the Collection. ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3336