[Ken Smith]

The bass has 5 labels inside it. The later three from 1929, 1937 and 1938 are all easy to read and are clearly from repairs. The older two look to have a faded Rep. written in them but it's barely readable. The bass was lase used for half a century in northern Germany near Hanover. Two of the labels are from that area with one of them from the Augsburg area about 300 miles south. Perhaps the previous owner traveled and had to have it fixed down there. With the 1937 and 1929 label from the Hanover area, it shows that for the last century or so, this bass has been in the same area with both its owners in succession.

Here are the other 3 labels and some shots of the inside as well as some initials over one of the repairs in the Top;