Object Details
- Description
This bow was made by Glasser Manufacturing Company in Bronx, New York, around 1970-1975. It is a 1/4 violin bow made of fiberglass, with a wood frog, metal screw, plastic tip plate, and horsehair.
This bow features U. S. Patent #3456544, dated July 22, 1969 by Leon Glasser, for a musical instrument bow made of reinforced plastic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1970-1975
- Credit Line
- Gift of Albert F. and Lorette M. Moglie
- Physical Description
- fiberglass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- horsehair (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 47.3075 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm
- Object Name
- bow
