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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General

12-08-2024, 04:56 PM

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Kloz (a.k.a.Klotz) - being sold by a klutz

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Posted By Richard Simon

Another German flatback, provenance unknown

Thanks, Ken,

for shaking off the myth about labels inside basses.

Then I came a across another bass, this one with a partially obscured label; only the words 'Made in ...Germany' are...

Forum: Double Bass Talk in General

11-30-2024, 10:39 PM

Replies: 2

Kloz (a.k.a.Klotz) - being sold by a klutz

Views: 113,910

Posted By Richard Simon

Kloz (a.k.a.Klotz) - being sold by a klutz

Hello,
One of those string-maker encyclopediae mentions the Kloz/Klotz family of violin makers, and describes the second-generation Sebastian's instruments as 'unremarkable,' 'cheap,' and likely...

Forum: German School of Basses

06-11-2020, 01:03 AM

Replies: 6

a Bass by Louis Lowendall (1842-1918)

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Posted By Richard Simon

Lowendall from Dresden

Ken,
Here's another Lowendall for sale, from the maker's Dresden years. Unlike yours, it has cello-like shoulders, which have been mentioned (as impediments to easy playing) in earlier posts.
The...

Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses

08-31-2015, 11:51 AM

Replies: 6

Oldest and Finest Plywood/Laminated bass I have ever seen..

Views: 24,470

Posted By Richard Simon

Czecho Slovakia - apparently a 'hybrid'

Ken,
The edges "seam" to tell the story:
- spruce top
- laminated back - flat, with upper slope

After buying (and selling) a number of decent Kays recently - uncomfortable with their skinny...

Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses

08-29-2015, 10:50 PM

Replies: 6

Oldest and Finest Plywood/Laminated bass I have ever seen..

Views: 24,470

Posted By Richard Simon

laminated or not?

Ken,

The design on the back of your bass looks identical to mine (below).

- edges around f-holes are blackened, so you can't see ply or no ply
- it's a flatback
- label reads: "Made in...

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