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HAIR BOW [5 records]

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Record 1 2023-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

To play the cello you need a bow. The quality of the bow is as important as the quality of the instrument itself.... the "bow hair"-usually more than two hundred hairs-almost always comes from a horse's tail.

OBS

Bow hair is traditionally horsehair, which is a natural material, but it can also be synthetic.

OBS

hair: ... hairs collectively or in the mass, as used for manufacturing purposes and the like.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hair bow : an item in the "Adornment" class of the "Personal Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

nœud à cheveux : objet de la classe «Ornementation» de la catégorie «Objets personnels».

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

bow, in music, curved stick with rosined horsehair stretched between the ends, used to produce sound by friction in stringed instruments of the rebec, viol, and violin groups. Since the 16th century the tension of the hair has been controlled by means of a "frog"(nut) at the end of the bow held by the player.

Key term(s)
  • nut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
DEF

Dans l'archet, pièce de bois ou d'ivoire maintenant les crins de la mèche éloignés de la baguette.

CONT

Archet (...) La mèche est attachée d'une part à la tête, de l'autre à la hausse d'ébène qui sert à tenir l'archet et à régler sa tension. La fixation en ces deux points est dissimulée sous une plaque de recouvrement. La tension de la mèche s'effectue grâce à une vis à écrou placée au bout de la hausse qui fait avancer ou reculer celle-ci.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • String Instruments
CONT

Bow..., in music, the implement used to stroke and thereby vibrate the strings of instruments of the viol and violin families. It consists of a curved wooden stick with horsehair stretched from end to end.... The "nut", a device at the lower end of the stick that regulates the tension of the hair, first appeared in the 16th century.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à cordes
CONT

Archet. (...) De nos jours, il se compose d'une mèche en crins de cheval et d'une baguette au profil concave (...) La mèche est attachée d'une part à la tête, de l'autre à la hausse d'ébène qui sert à tenir l'archet et à régler sa tension (..) La tension de la mèche s'effectue grâce à une vis à écrou placée au bout de la hausse qui fait avancer ou reculer celle-ci.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hats and Millinery
OBS

bow : a contrivance that consists of a bent elastic rod with ends connected by a string and is employed for various purposes... [or] for preparing and arranging the hair and fur used by hatters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chapellerie
OBS

Archet : Arc composé d'une baleine ou lame d'acier et d'une grosse corde de boyau, utilisé (...) ou pour faire tourner, en imprimant un rapide mouvement de va-et-vient, les pièces sur un tour.

Spanish

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