bow![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
A wooden stick with horsehair stretched from end to end; by means of friction, it makes the strings of an instrument vibrate.
head ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The upper end of the bow.
handle ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part held when the bow is used.
hair ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the bow consisting of horsehair that is rubbed across the strings to make them vibrate.
point ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part that secures the horsehair to the upper end of the bow.
screw ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Threaded piece that moves the frog.
frog ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Sliding part that secures the hair to the lower end of the bow; the frog is moved to adjust the tension of the hair.
heel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The lower end of the bow.
stick ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Thin flexible rod curved along a third of its length and along which hair is stretched.