| RCM 335
Violin bow, James Tubbs, London, 1920 
Inscriptions | ‘JAS TUBBS’ stamped on stick, thumb side, by the frog, blackened; ‘MADE BY / JAMES TUBBS / IN HIS 85th YEAR 1920’ engraved on slide | | Description | Method of hair tightening: simple screw mechanism, frog with ferrule | | | Stick: made of ?pernambuco; cross-section: basically round, octagonal from silver thread wiring towards the end, c.100mm; gently tapered |  | Head: facing: inner ebony strip covered by outer silver strip with floral engraving, covering the trapezoid wedge, also embracing the tip, elongated almond shape; hatchet type, trapezoid plane |  | Frog: made of ebony, on rectangular plane with regular c-shape undercutting; rear and upper edge is ornamented with green/silver mother-of-pearl; outer corner only slightly round (rectangular plane is maintained); ferrule, screw cap, slide and back plate of silver metal strips, gold-plated with floral engraved ornament; brass liner; screw of iron; eyelet of brass | Dimensions | Overall length: 742
Stick diameter at head: 5
Stick diameter at frog: 8
Playing length of hair: 644
Overall length of hair: 654
Width of hair at frog: 11 (at ferrule)
Hair to stick at head: 18
Hair to stick at frog: 16.5
Max concavity: 15 @ 370 from end
Weight: 65g | Provenance | Bequeathed by Mrs F M Cameron | Additional remarks | This is one of James Tubbs’ late bows as he died in 1921. It is an excellent example of his work | | | | | | Top of Page | | |
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