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Originally Posted by Tim Pearson
Thanks for all of this. I saw your post about the Jacquet-Pillement a while ago and thought they were similar. I played a Xavier Jacquet that belonged to a friend for a year or so and the scroll on that bass was identical to this one.
Varnish color on Jacquet basses seems to vary so much.
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Unless the bass is branded or labeled and authenticated, not all basses thought to be by Jacquet are. On varnish, all the ones I remember are some shade of golden brown. Barbe made similar basses as did the Lamy factory and probably others. It was a French style of making.
Read these;
http://luthiers-mirecourt.com/jacquet_genealogie.htm
http://luthiers-mirecourt.com/pillement_genealogie.htm
3rd row after head, first on left.
http://luthiers-mirecourt.com/index_genealogie.htm
Have fun..