Double Bass Ancient old hand forged tuning machines

[james condino]

I picked these up today:

An ancient old set of what appear to be hand forged tuning machines made from a hefty amount of steel. Any ideas of their origin? I wish I could have seen the bass they originally were made for. They still work pretty smooth. I'm pretty sure someone has spent decades looking for a set...

The single offset nub for the screw makes me feel better, because I'm sure that was a "Doooooohhhhh; %#@!!!!" moment for the builder, just like the rest of us get some days.

 

[marcox]

[Googles "were double basses used in the Crusades?"]

 

[GretschWretch]

[Googles "were double basses used in the Crusades?"]

Beat me to it. My initial reaction was these basses were made for either the Knights Templar or the Knights Hospitaller. Or a monastery bass used to drive away vampires.

 

[Don Kasper]

Sir Lancelot?
More like Sir Tunesalot!
Tip your BarWench...

 

[Carl Hillman]

I think those are crosshairs for the King's archers.

If thine intonation strayeth, thou art dispatched.

 

[GretschWretch]

Lubricated, no doubt, with hog's fat.

 

[Paps]

Dug up on Oak Island?

 

[GretschWretch]

Dug up on Oak Island?

The biggest curse of Oak Island is that they keep renewing the show.

 

[g-dude]

Those are actually fairly new - made in Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago.

That’s just what happens to steel in the rustbelt.

 

[Inky13]

Strange women lying in ponds distributing upright bass tuners is no basis for a system of government.

 

[GretschWretch]

Strange women lying in ponds distributing upright bass tuners is no basis for a system of government.

Are you referring to the Lady of the Lakland?

 

[GretschWretch]

The biggest curse of Oak Island is that they keep renewing the show.

Now that I think on this, if History Channel would do a series on finding the formula of Stradivarius's varnish, I'd watch every episode.

 

[CryingBass]

I saw those on that show Game of Tuners

 

[TroyK]

Those things are actually really cool.

 

[BobKay]

The biggest curse of Oak Island is that they keep renewing the show.

Curse or not, it must be making money for someone.. Personally, I find it interesting. Plus, the two brothers are from Traverse City, MI, where we lived for a long time.

I do wish they would find another narrator: "A piece of wood, found only 12 inches from the last piece of wood? Could this be an important clue to the whereabouts of the next piece of wood?"

 

[GretschWretch]

Curse or not, it must be making money for someone.. Personally, I find it interesting. Plus, the two brothers are from Traverse City, MI, where we lived for a long time.

I do wish they would find another narrator: "A piece of wood, found only 12 inches from the last piece of wood? Could this be an important clue to the whereabouts of the next piece of wood?"

My beef is that shows of this nature do not belong on History Channel; put 'em on Discovery or something similar and don't have a steady run of them Tuesday night through Friday night on H.C. They ain't history.

And they avoid closure. Nothing is ever found, nothing is ever explained satisfactorily, and all too often the best "evidence" is an unanswerd rhetorical question. Ancient Aliens, I'm looking at you.

 

[Don Kasper]

Theodoric of York - Barber/Surgeon/Blacksmith - specializing in: Top Knots, Bowl Cuts, Bloodletting & Leeching, Bludgeons/Battle Axes, Suits of Armor, Double Bass Machines, Chastity Belts!
No Job Too Big or Too Small!
By Appointment Only.

 

[Don Hergert]

I just hope the scroll is a lion head.

( )

 

[Ed Fuqua]

On the serious side-how much do they weigh?

 

[TroyK]

On the serious side-how much do they weigh?

They look heavy