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?

[Anselm Hauke]

1924


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[Tomas Bouda]

I was hoping that someone would prove to know something about cellos and when - if ever - using hat peg tuners was common. I also should have mentioned that the pics I attached were the tuners in question.

As a side note, why is the culture here so virulent?

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Tomas Bouda

As a side note, why is the culture here so virulent?

sorry tomas, i should have added this:

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Tomas Bouda

I was hoping that someone would prove to know something about cellos and when - if ever - using hat peg tuners was common. I also should have mentioned that the pics I attached were the tuners in question.

As a side note, why is the culture here so virulent?

Nobody here is being mean or looking to take a shot at you. If you want opinions or comments on an instrument, just post photos of the thing and what you know about it.


I can't speak for anyone else, but to me a post with a couple of blurry cellphone photos asking for someone to "date" an instrument might as well say "I found this old looking thing at a garage sale, please tell me that it is old and worth a lot of money".

[Tomas Bouda]

Here you go, everyone! Enjoy!

By the way, thomas - is that your GSD in your profile pic? Just adopted a puppy a few months ago myself!

[Tomas Bouda]

The instrument has a few open seams and was unfortunately repaired 'in house' by some previous owner!

[Matthew Tucker]

Nothing like a good closeup! But the two wide shots of the cello really show nothing useful.

The good closeup shows rustic mismatched machines that may or may not be original. Feels bavarian/tyrolian to me. Ebonised maple fb says inexpensive instrument. that's about all i can glean!

need more clues! closeups! closeups! Lots!

[Tomas Bouda]

well, its still the middle of the night/early morning for me. I'll head to the shop tomorrow and get some glamour shots for you guys - deal? You know, matthew i agree with you about its origins. I actually just picked up a tyrolean 'blockless wonder' that I'll be posting some pics of ASAP, and the machines are very, very similar. I can't add any pics of the bass because the resolution is too high! Wait, I'll try to take a screen shot.