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Old 11-20-2009, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Stefano Senni View Post
I saw and played one a few years ago in London....a dealer friend of mine had one. It was labeled 1890 Luis Lowendall - Berlin, and also fire stamped on the back button. It was a gorgeous cello model full size. It sounded great ! I was about to buy it but then I passed on it because of the cello shoulders...Recently I've found photos of that same bass being altered (shoulders reduced)...here we go : great job !
What was the String length? That dealer sent me pictures about 4 years ago or so on this after the Cut. A Luthier in Hungary did the cut on this bass.
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