Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2015.034.003 |
Object Name |
Bow, Violin |
Title |
Home-Made Violin Bow |
Date |
1933 |
Artist |
Richards, Leonard Walter |
Made |
Richards, Leonard Walter |
Place of Origin |
Kilsyth, Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
Description |
A home-made fiddle bow (violin bow) that accompanied a hand made fiddle made by Leonard Walter Richards. It has a brown finished wooden cane piece, and two black finished shaped wooden end pieces. The horsehair area is now broken. The tip of the bow has a brass tip to it that might be a recycled Dominion cartridge (it has an impressed D mark). |
Provenance |
Handmade in 1933 by twenty-year-old Leonard Walter Richards (Len Richards), who grew up in the Kilsyth area of Grey County. He was a musician and played a fiddle that he made at local dances. He also later played it (after 1940) in a band that had their performances broadcast from the CFOS radio station at Owen Sound. It was inherited by his son, D. W. (Bill) Richards of Manitoba. |
Collection |
Musical Instruments & Accessories Collection |
Material |
Wood/Hair, Horse/Finish/Glue/Brass |
Found |
Manitoba, Canada |
People |
Richards, Leonard Walter |
Subjects |
Violins Music Music ensembles Musical instruments Musicians Radios Dance halls Dance Dance parties |
Search Terms |
CFOS Musical Bands & Dance Bands Kilsyth |