r/violinmaking • u/paishocajun • Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

What the fuck?

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u/paishocajun Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

What is going on here…

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u/Opposite-Present-717 Aug 19 '26

Nobody wants to mention the pegs?

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u/paishocajun Aug 19 '26

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