Cello Bow
Catalogue number: 10.4
Original name: Cello bow.
Maker: School of John Dodd (1752-1839), 1780 or later.
Technical description: Open ebony frog with wide hair channel and bevelled heel, ebony button. The frog is possibly later. The frog width does not match that of the stick.
Overall size: 707mm.
Weight: 67g.
Hair length: 603mm.
Balance point: 259mm.
Head height: 25mm.
Head width: 10.5mm.
Head face length: 30.5mm
Frog diameter: 14.5mm.
Frog height: 24.5 – 25mm.
Stick width: 11 -7mm.
Button length: 17mm.
Faults: The top of head tip is damaged. No hair, frog wedge missing. There is a small but long crack on the bottom of the frog on the finger side.
Illustration references: See below.
Previous owner: E. S. Fry.