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The pegbox
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The makers mark!
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Wow! That's a tour-de-force of carving prowess. You have to decide how much you want it and can use it. But for comparitive purposes, I'd assume it would cost about $35-40,000 to commission an instrument with that level of embellishment. I wonder how it sounds...
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Wow! What a glorious violone!
What a bizarre double-bass! |
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Specs?
Can I see the Specs like all the normal measurements as well as String length as used in the model shown on my website? Here is an example of the Measurements needed;http://www.kensmithbasses.com/Double...n/Pollmann.htm
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Wow, very pretty. I don't see a bridge. Would you be having a bridge and TP made that matches the elaborate carving of the bass?
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How does it sound, well, I did tap on it a bit! Don't laugh, now, but without strings on there how else can I tell? It's got a nice little POooMmm! And Sam, Yusef Lateef's Eastern Sounds is one of my favorite recordings ever. So does anyone know if Paul Warburton is on that remastered [edit: Richard?] Hindman CD I linked to above? I haven't listened to the sound files yet. [No, these are all piano solos.] Last edited by David Powell; 06-20-2007 at 04:35 PM. Reason: overzealous automated censors? |
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david, i don´t want to derail your thread...but...
the pics reminded me of this: http://cgi.ebay.de/Kontrabass-Meiste...QQcmdZViewItem bass. and i know, everybody here likes some special bass-pics. the price went from 15.000 to 12.000 last two weeks. and it already IS a doublebass |
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12,000 EU is about $16,000 US, right? Plus shipping and duties . . .
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Let me make it very clear: If I purchase that Pollmann violone, while I am it's caretaker, it will remain a violone, as intended by the maker. After that, someone else will have to recognize the value in that, regardless of the price of keeping it that way. There are many double basses Anselm, and Pollmann (this particular man) made many double basses. This might be the only Pollmann violone. It won a gold medal in Dresden in 1980. Those who judged it are far more qualified than I and which of them would sanction changing it ??? I already have a double bass that while it might not be the best, is fine for the expression of my poor talents. If a Kremona is good enough for Xavier Padilla, it's good enough for me. While the Pollmann violone might speak more loudly in the modern world as a double bass, sometimes there are things that we should allow to whisper sweetly. Who am I with a few foolish $$ to say this is not one of them? I would be satisfied with whatever sounds it makes as a violone. Put a good Neumann condenser mic in front of it..... |
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david, stan,
my post was not ment as a buying advice. the f-holes just reminded me at the blacht-bass. i think it´s looking nice and wanted to show it to you . Quote:
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the amore modell looks like one i think. EDIT: had a closer look, i´m not 100% sure now, but you could ask them how many they made. Quote:
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i think i confused pöllmann and grünert
(http://www.gruenert.com/gruenert_ins...rock_index.htm) sorry. grünert makes violones. |
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All other issues aside, I think the thing is a steal. Bigtime...
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Well, I'm thinking it looks like one of a kind. And I'm leaning heavily toward Arnold's assessment. So I'm trying to figure a way from here to there without giving up the "back forty". In the meantime here is the best general information resource I could find about these instruments and possible contemporary use. I'm pretty sure this is a G violone, the largest of the violoni family. I was hoping we might get a few players of them to report, but I suppose they are all busy rehearsing.
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Try Bret Simner at bretsimner.com . He lives in Switzerland and has become an expert on early music bass instruments. Mention my name and duck.
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Makers mark..
My Pollmann doesn't have a visible mark inside or out as it was not made as a Pollman model Bass but rather a custom design Italian Model for Wil de Sola made by Gunther Krahmer of Pollmann. It has a hidden Label in the upper Top marking the Bass as such.
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Ken, it is amazing the similarity in the color of varnish and degree of flame in the maple and the orientation as well. I'm tempted to see if we can pursuade Anselm to inquire (I do not know the language well) to find out which maker at the Pollmann shop built the violone. The shop owner speaks of him as "Pollmann" which he pronounces "Pellman". He told me an interesting story that for his privacy's sake, as well as brevity, I will not repeat. But it makes me think this was an elder maker actually named Pollmann, and not Krahmer. It's a hunch, I'm not certain. I just don't know much about the specific makers. Seems I saw something in a Lemur catalog but I don't think I still have that.
What you tell explains why your Pollmann impressed me at first as being somewhat more delicate in design that most Pollmann basses I've seen. The Alexandria model is quite delicate, but most while beautiful are a bit on the bold or masculine side design wise. Yours is very light and elegant looking. I'm still amazed me at the consistency of the varnish and flaming. But these were built about the same time so I suppose the maple stock may have been the same. If we cropped the photos to just the join line and the flame, these could pass for the same back. |
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