cello...with bass tuners?

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Tomas Bouda

i know, keep it to the basses...i get it. however, i've recently come across this cello with bass tuners on it and i've never seen anything like it before. basically i'm hoping that somebody here could help me put a date on this instrument. it is a fully carved cello, with lots of repairs. it has an ebonized maple fingerboard. no date/label that i can see. PLEASE HELP!

I was going to make jokes, but then it didn't seem like very good sport.

Seriously man, how can anyone comment on an instrument we can't see?