Detail View: MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh): Bow for double bass (W Tarr) : TOP

Work Record ID: 
0033704
Licence: 
ID Number: 
1847
Title: 
Bow for double bass.
Title Notes: 
Underhand type.
Creator: 
Tarr, W
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.Weight: 161.Hair length: 520.Balance point: 295.Head height: 57.8 (measured 70 from the tip).Head width: 18.4.Face length: 36.3.Tip diameter: 11.8.Frog diameter: 14.4.Period of oscillation: 1.37.Distance from pivot to tail: c|107.5 (difficult to be exact due to the shape of the frog and its shifting on the rod).Ferrule width: 17.15.Frog + stick height: 64.2.Frog top length: 71.7.
Work Type: 
Musical Instrument
Work Type: 
Bows
Work Type: 
Bow
Measurement: 
682.
Production Place: 
Manchester
Production Place: 
England
Production Place: 
Greater Manchester
Repository: 
MIMEd
Repro Link ID: 
0033704c-0002
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes): 
58162192
Repro Title: 
Bow for double bass (W Tarr) : TOP
Repro Creator Name: 
Dominic Ibbotson
Repro Rights Statement: 
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status: 
Full public access