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Originally Posted by Carl Egbert
It's a very small bass; upper bouts are 19.5", lower are 26", body length is 42", Ribs are 8" at their deepest. It's selling as early 19th century French. The only bass from this time period I've ever really heard of is the Karr-Koussevitzky bass, which is actually fairly similar in pattern and size to this instrument. For reference: http://www.anderson-group.com/isb/im...itzky-bass.jpg |
Those two bass have nothing to do with each other in any way. The Karr/Kous. bass is cut down and possibly a composite. Some believe it is German. I have played it for a few minutes only. No one really knows what it is.
On the bass you listed, it is complete and un-altered, in a cello model shape with roundback. Once you have seen 100 or more old basses, your eyes will auto-re-adjust.
They might be correct on the origin or they could be wrong. Arnold Schnitzer had one in the shop not long ago, the exact same maker/model. Ask him, I would!