Bass viol bow, Snakewood with screw mechanism


 

Treble viol bow, Snakewood with clip-in frog


Treble viol bow, Ebony with bird’s eye maple clip-in frog


Bow for a violone Bow for a violone

Bow for a violone (in G)
Made from snakewood, 80cm long.


Double-bass baroque bow with German style frog. Made from Snakewood


Renaissance descant viol bow Renaissance descant viol bow

Renaissance descant viol bow
Made from Yew wood, with clip-in frog.


Renaissance viol bow Renaissance viol bow

Renaissance viol bow
Made from Yew wood, with clip-in frog.


Viols_divis_Simpson_Eng1660Two shapes for a viol from Simpson‘s “The Division Viol” (1660). If we take the string playing length to be around 65-70 cm for a Bass Viol, the bow in the picture could have been around 67-72 cm long.