Glasser Violin Bow
date: label: date made
content: 1970-1975
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by Glasser Manufacturing Company in Bronx, New York, around 1970-1975. It is a violin bow made of fiberglass, with a wood frog, metal screw, plastic tip plate, and horsehair. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ROTH-GLASSER</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This bow features U. S. Patent #3456544, dated July 22, 1969 by Leon Glasser, for a musical instrument bow made of reinforced plastic.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Bronx
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Albert F. and Lorette M. Moglie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0501.12
label: accession number
content: 1987.0501
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0501.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 67.31 cm x 4.445 cm x 1.27 cm