| RCM 543
Viol bow, England, c.1790 
Inscriptions | None | | Description | Method of hair tightening: simple screw mechanism, no ferrule | | | Stick: made of brazil wood; cross section: round bottom for entire length; only slight concavity; black leather wrapping at frog |  | Head: ‘swan’ type, triangular plane; facing plain, with trapezoidal wedge; elongated almond shape; contour of the outer edge rounded; tip raised |  | Frog: made of ivory; trapezoidal plane; inner c-shape undercutting; screw cap made of ivory, rounded, cross-section narrowing in the middle; screw made of iron; eyelet of brass | Dimensions | Overall length: 698
Stick diameter at head: 6
Stick diameter at frog: 10
Playing length of hair: 580
Overall length of hair: 628
Hair width at frog: 8.8
Hair to stick at frog: 15
Hair to stick at head: 19
Max concavity: 6 @ 270 from head
Weight: 60g | Provenance | Amaryllis Fleming Foundation, 2002 | Additional remarks | Stick slightly twisted | | | | | | Top of Page | | |
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