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11-05-2010, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montana | | | extra-robust cello..
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11-05-2010, 06:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: emmitsburg, maryland | | | that is sweet...if i was close, it'd be mine.
someone is going to be real happy.
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11-05-2010, 06:25 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | Emailed him. Dibs.
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11-05-2010, 06:36 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | What kinda strings have the golden colored silk wraps?
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11-05-2010, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: emmitsburg, maryland | | thats not silk..thats angels hair.
offer them $75. i'll give you $100. when it arrives in one piece.  |
11-05-2010, 07:37 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | I offered a bit more than that. Wish me luck. I did tell them it was a Bass.
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11-05-2010, 07:55 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | So then, who used Angel's Hair for the wrappings on their strings?
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11-05-2010, 08:47 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Good luck man, that's a lovely cello!  |
11-05-2010, 08:55 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | I really need this guys. I need a new bass. Mine is a great student bass and it has served me well but i need a tool.
I also need a tool like that so i can customize it and not worry about destroying it. I know i can make that bass beautiful and give me a tool i can make a living with.
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11-05-2010, 09:08 PM
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The Dragonetti bow alone is worth a pop. I have one hanging on my wall. You can fit your entire hand in one of those frogs.
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11-05-2010, 09:48 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | After initial contact, nothing. I think someone else is in the game. 
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11-05-2010, 10:16 PM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | Tyroler cottage bass from mid or late 19th C.? Grab it.
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11-05-2010, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Violen  So then, who used Angel's Hair for the wrappings on their strings? | the seraphim and cherubim |
11-05-2010, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by forester the seraphim and cherubim |  Of course! |
11-05-2010, 11:50 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | I think the owner is getting raked over the coals. Untill i mentioned it was a bass they weren't aware.
Probably gonna get outbid and they still get undercut. Lame.
But predators we are. Arent we?
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11-06-2010, 05:05 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | | Jim, can you give me some more information on what you think this bass is please?
I would really appreciate it.
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11-06-2010, 11:04 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | | I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm pretty sure that is a half-sized bass, with a likely string length of about 39". Is that what you are looking for? |
11-06-2010, 08:38 PM
| | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | | I defer to Arnold. It could well be a 1/2 size bass. However, the scroll, pegs, machines, and hand forged iron tuning keys match those on my mid-19th century 3/4 bass which was built in the Tirol in Austria. These are not particularly refined instruments—often lacking a substantial block and having a bass bar carved in the table plank (top). The top is often quite thick, and the back is flat unflamed Maple.
All that said, these basses can be brought up to a higher standard of structure (overstand, braces, crack repairs, etc.) and sound (bass bar, top graduation) with a lot of restoration and $$$$.
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11-06-2010, 09:39 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Conklin Guitars (Basses) | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Kansas City Metro Area | | Well he sold it elsewhere, so we will most likely never know
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11-07-2010, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Violen Well he sold it elsewhere, so we will most likely never know | Actually, we probably do know because, IMO, both Jim and Arnold are right on target. Measurements would be needed to prove it's a halfer for sure, like Arnold said. Top regraduation and the bass bar being removed and replaced = $$$$$$$.
Here's a Dragonetti bow. The one with that bass is a newer version without the extreme opposite bend at the tip like this one, but much like the one hanging on my wall in my home.
The forged machine tuning handles that Jim refers to are often referred to, IME, as pot metal.
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