Peto Pallatton ???
 

hi ken
do you have any info about "Peto Pallatton" (supposed italian maker late 18th century) ?

thank you!

anselm

do you mean..
 

Pietro Pallotta?

first i thought it was a mistaking with pallotta and pallotton too, but it seems to be really "Peto Pallatton" (sounds a little hungarian to me...)

http://www.geigenbau-mueller.de/fotos/kontrabass1d.jpghttp://www.geigenbau-mueller.de/fotos/kontrabass1b.jpg
Peto Pallatton fecit
Anno 1790 Parigm?

do you have a pic of the original pallotta that jeff bollbach copied?

ok, ok..
 

Pallotta is from Perugia and 1790 is near the start of his making era. All of the Pallotta's I have seen in person and in picture have Violin corners.

Here are two of them;

http://www.krattenmacher.com/publica...pallotta01.jpghttp://www.krattenmacher.com/publica...pallotta02.jpghttp://www.krattenmacher.com/publica...pallotta03.jpg
http://www.krattenmacher.com/publica...pallotta05.jpghttp://www.krattenmacher.com/publica...pallotta06.jpghttp://www.krattenmacher.com/publica...pallotta04.jpg

On Jeff's copy, he will have to say which bass is was he used as he has seen a few himself. Here is Jeff's copy;

http://www.kensmithbasses.com/double...es/full_FR.jpghttp://www.kensmithbasses.com/double...es/full_bk.jpghttp://www.kensmithbasses.com/double...ges/scr_bk.jpg

I guess it is easy to tell a fake when the Bass itself is nothing like what they are trying to claim and also if they can't even spell the name. Using a Hungarian translation of the Italian/Latin name is also a dead giveaway.. lol

ken, thanks for the quick reply with the many pics.
well, they look not like the "Pallatton" :)

maybe it comes from the "Balaton".... http://maps.google.de/maps?hl=de&tab=wl
sorry, the link does not work, you can type "Balaton" in the search window.

Pietro Pallota
 

I worked on a Pietro Pallota many years ago. Violin corners, like most Italian basses, very pretty and it sang! I think it was c. 1790?