i know martins bass well. (guess who made the pics...
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my opinions/thougts:
- i´m not sure about the scroll
- i have seen some mirecourt basses with hat peg tuners, but i think these ar not original
- i have never seen such a beautiful redwine-coloured varnish with a golden coat of varnish beneath on a german bass. you can´t see that on this pics, but maybe martin can post some more
- the bass is imho very fine and delicate made, that i´ve seldom seen in german basses of this age
- somewhere in the internet iirc i´ve seen a gamba-bernadel, but i can´t find the pic again
- aside from the label, i think this could be a french bass
Ken: could you please post the bernadel-pics from the elgar-book?
thanks alot
anselm hauke