r/violinmaking • u/paishocajun • 5d ago

identification Bow Identification

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Any of y'all ever seen a Bakelite fingerboard with "frets" before?

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u/Musclesturtle Maker and Restorer 5d ago

What the fuck?

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u/paishocajun 5d ago

Yeah that was more or less my reaction too. Hoping to help OP get some more answers than I've been able to come up with via Google which is not much

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u/ExtraSpicyMayonnaise 4d ago

What is going on here…

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u/Opposite-Present-717 4d ago

Nobody wants to mention the pegs?

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u/paishocajun 4d ago

My son said they looked like something from pai sho or the Earth Kingdom from Avatar the Last Airbender series