Salchow Violin Bow (baroque model)
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: maker
content: Salchow, William
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bow was made by William Salchow in New York, New York, in 1976. It is a violin bow, with a fluted octagonal dark brown snakewood stick terminating in a pike head, and a plain ebony frog and button. This baroque model bow was acquired for use in recreating baroque performance practices. The bow is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SALCHOW NY</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.76.18
label: catalog number
content: 76.18
label: accession number
content: 322694
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bow
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: snakewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3/8 in x 28 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x .9525 cm x 71.4375 cm