Salchow Violin Bow (transitional model): Museum Object and Cultural History
Salchow Violin Bow (transitional model): date made: 1976. maker: Salchow, William. Object Name: bow.
The object in the museum catalogue
This bow was made by William Salchow in New York, New York, in 1976. It is a violin bow, with a round light-brown snakewood stick terminating in a modified hatchet head, and a plain ebony frog and button. This transitional bow is modeled after a John Dodd violin bow, ca. 1775 and acquired for use in recreating baroque performance practices. The bow is stamped:
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1976
- maker: Salchow, William
- Object Name: bow
- Physical Description: snakewood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ebony (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: horsehair (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3/8 in x 28 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x .9525 cm x 72.39 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: MI.76.04
- catalog number: 76.04
- accession number: 322694
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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