Auguste Sebastian Bernadel, 1858 ?

[Anselm Hauke]

i know martins bass well. (guess who made the pics...)

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