Improvements in Bows for Violins and like Musical Instruments.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 29th Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bows for Violins and like Musical Instruments.
I, OTTOMAR MÖSSNER, of the Firm of Gläsel and Mössner, of Markneukirchen,
Saxony, in the German Empire, Musical Instrument Makers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner, the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to bows for violins, violoncellos, bass-viols, violas and like
musical instruments the object being to enable inexperienced persons to quickly
and firmly secure the hair of such bows.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the nut or frog end of a bow; and,
Figure 2 is a similar view of the head or point end of the bow with my
improvements applied thereto :
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of the nut or frog:
Figure 4 is a plan of the same, with the slide or cover hereinafter described
removed.
Figure 5 is a plan of the point or head of the bow with the hair and the
securing peg or plug of the same removed :
Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of the same with the hair and peg or plug
inserted:
Figure 7 is an elevation showing the hair with the peg or plug.
In carrying out my invention I provide the nut or frog a with a metal casing b
for the sake of firmness and in the said nut 1 make a circular hole c, and an inclined
recess continuous with it.
In this recess I place a sliding tongue e which can be shifted longitudinally, this
tongue being partly covered on its upper side with cloth or leather f
The recess d is covered in by a slide 9 running in dovetail guides formed by the
upper surface of the nut or frog a and the bevelled edges of the metal casing b,
and is secured in place by means of a clamping collar h. The hair is bound
together at one end by means of thin binding thread in the usual way, dipped in
resin or sealing wax and thus caused to forin a bundle which is inserted in the
hole in the body of the nut or frog a.
C
The inclined recess d receives the hair i,
which is flattened out upon the tongue e by means of the slide and the collar h.
The sliding tongue which with the slide 9 forms a pair of jaws which can be
clamped together by the collar can be partially drawn out of the
means of a notch k on its under side, as shewn in Figures 1, 3 and 4.
of this is to keep the hair quite flat.
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recess d by
The object
The nut or frog a is adjusted in the usual way by means of a screw l.
In the head or point 9 of the bow make a hole m, which is enlarged at its
outer end so as to present a straight portion as shewn clearly in Figure 5.
head or point itselt is provided with a metal facing o, in which is an aperture of
corresponding form. The end of the hair is introduced into a tubular metal peg or
plug p which fits into the hole m in the head or point q.
The
The
To secure the hair in a bow of this construction the nut or frog a, slide g,
collare and plug p being detached the hair is at one end placed in the peg or
plug p and at the other end is provided with a plug of resin or sealing wax.
plug p is then inserted in the bole m of the point or head q and the plug of resin
in the hole c in the nut a; the slide 9 is then inserted, and the ring (through
which the hair must have been previously passed) adjusted. When this has been

page_text: done, the nut or frog is secured to the bow in the usual way and the hair stretched
by means of the screw 1. If the hair be not sufficiently spread out the tongue e is
pulled out to the extent required to attain the desired breadth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bow for violins and like musical instruments having a frog or nut provided
with a metal casing and with a bole and an inclined recess in combination with a
sliding tongue adjustable in the said recess, substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described.
2. A bow for violins and like musical instruments having its head or point
provided with a hole the outer end of which is formed with a straight portion in
combination with a tubular peg or plug for the reception of the end of the hair,
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
3. The improved bow for violins and like musical instruments hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 24th day of November 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.