Double Bass Bow
Catalogue number: 10.7
Original name: Double bass bow.
Maker: School of John Dodd (possibly James (1792-1865)).
Technical description: Dragonetti style. Tortoiseshell frog with gold ferrule and thumb-piece; gold button with pearl facets; and mother-of-pearl eye with two surrounding gold bands.
Overall size: 658mm.
Weight: 207g.
Hair length: 491mm.
Balance point: 288mm.
Head height: 21.5mm.
Head width: 40mm (sloped head face).
Head face length: 14 – 20.5mm.
Frog diameter: 69mm.
Frog height: Rounded.
Stick width: 14 - 11mm.
Button length: 24.5mm.
Ferrule width: 13.5mm.
Inscription: Engraved on ferrule “L Deacon / Leicester”.
Illustration references: See below.
Previous owner: E. S. Fry.