Summary
Record of the photographic survey carried out in November 2008 at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, focused on measuring the diameter of the bass string holes in the tailpieces of historic bowed instruments. The data feed the “Museum Old String Database” curated by Aquila Corde Armoniche and provide a reference for reconstructing the original gauges of the bass strings.
Key takeaways
- Survey carried out at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in November 2008.
- Systematic measurement of the tailpiece-hole diameters intended for the bass strings on historic bowed instruments.
- The record gathers sixteen photographic details, viewable at full resolution.
- The data feed the Museum Old String Database curated by Aquila Corde Armoniche.
Investigations concerning the tailpiece-hole diameters for bass strings on a number of bowed instruments, contributing to the “Museum Old String Database” project (November 2008).
Photographic record of the survey
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