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12-13-2009, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Belgium | | | what's this what's this?
 
anyone who can fill in the unreadeable parts ?
Sign in to disble this ad
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12-13-2009, 03:38 PM
| | | | W(ilhelm) Aug(ust) Kessler jr.
Geigenbauer
Mannheim |
12-13-2009, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Belgium | | | and does it mean anything about the quality of the bass?
i'm a noob, i bought this bass purely based on the sound and playability.... |
12-13-2009, 04:00 PM
| | Temp Banned (TOS Violation) | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stouffville, Ontario | | I don' t know what it is but congratulations on your upright. Looks great.  Enjoy!
Fred |
12-13-2009, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Belgium | | | KESSLER, WILHELM AUGUST
Born at Markneukirchen, 1860. Son and pupil of Heinrich. Established at Mannheim, 1883. Died 1917. Outline assumes a somewhat modified Stradivarian aspect, also the arching. Sound-holes very original, Guarnerian stem with Amatese upper and lower curves, particularly the latter. Tonal quality very flexible and sonorous. Spirit dissolved in oil, varnish, claimed to be his secret. Recipient of several medals.
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W. Aug. Kessler Jr.
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12-13-2009, 04:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Most of the time you should buy a bass based on the sound and playability. It looks like a good one, enjoy and congratulations.
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12-13-2009, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PsychoScout  KESSLER, WILHELM AUGUST
Born at Markneukirchen, 1860. Son and pupil of Heinrich. Established at Mannheim, 1883. Died 1917. Outline assumes a somewhat modified Stradivarian aspect, also the arching. Sound-holes very original, Guarnerian stem with Amatese upper and lower curves, particularly the latter. Tonal quality very flexible and sonorous. Spirit dissolved in oil, varnish, claimed to be his secret. Recipient of several medals.
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W. Aug. Kessler Jr.
Instrumentenmacher
Mannheim fecit 1887 | Where did this info come from? |
12-13-2009, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ehochberg Where did this info come from? | from a link i got from my luthier  |
12-14-2009, 09:27 AM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ehochberg Where did this info come from? | From this useful site: http://www.ricercare.com/research/li..._contents.html |
12-14-2009, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by PsychoScout from a link i got from my luthier | Whoa. Is bassophil your luthier?
bassophil, did you ID her bass from that shot?
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12-14-2009, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers | indeed 
and no, bassophil is not my luthier, my luthier is belgian, i think bassophil is german |
12-14-2009, 09:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | I see. He was just able to read the lable. Nice.
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12-14-2009, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers | great link, thanks jake!
i´ve edited the link a little: http://www.ricercare.com/research/li...ary/frame.html
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12-14-2009, 12:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PsychoScout indeed
and no, bassophil is not my luthier, my luthier is belgian, i think bassophil is german | so, would you like to say who is your luthier?
i am always interested in luthiers in europe who esp. deal with basses
pm would be ok, too.
thanks
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12-14-2009, 12:31 PM
| | | Indeed I'm german
Sorry, but I only used google to fill in the unreadable parts. I have never heard of the luthier before |
12-14-2009, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers | Thanks, Jake. |
12-14-2009, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bassist14 | Oh very nice - I was just replacing the letter in the URL as necessary! That's way better. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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