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Old 02-19-2010, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Kjetil Laukholm View Post
It looks much better now after the restoration and plays better.
The measurements are quite large and it has been reduced in length at some point which means it was originally a very long instrument, something which seems consistant with other Hills I have seen.
The sound is unusually dark and on the creamy side with incredible activation of the fundamental across the entire orchestral range.
It is not one to project in front of an orchestra, but for section work it is ideal.
Leon said it was a Joseph Hill and you have it as a Lockey. Lockey(1756-1810) is the son of Joseph(1715-1784) who also had a son named Joseph(1745-1793) as well.
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