Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 61

Die Geigenmacher der alten italienischen Schule: Eine Uebersicht aller …, 1877

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1A further improvement was introduced by straightening the stick entirely (see Fig. 4).
3The approach of the stick to the hair is complete in Fig. 5, which is an illustration of the present bow.
5Fig. 3. Fig. 4. Fig. 5.
7The stick is now bent in the opposite direction, being convex instead of concave as in the primitive bow. The minimum distance between hair and stick is now to be found about the middle.

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