French bass

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Tim Pearson

Thanks for all of this. I saw your post about the Jacquet-Pillement a while ago and thought they were similar. I played a Xavier Jacquet that belonged to a friend for a year or so and the scroll on that bass was identical to this one.
Varnish color on Jacquet basses seems to vary so much.

Unless the bass is branded or labeled and authenticated, not all basses thought to be by Jacquet are. On varnish, all the ones I remember are some shade of golden brown. Barbe made similar basses as did the Lamy factory and probably others. It was a French style of making.



Read these;
http://luthiers-mirecourt.com/jacquet_genealogie.htm

http://luthiers-mirecourt.com/pillement_genealogie.htm
3rd row after head, first on left.

http://luthiers-mirecourt.com/index_genealogie.htm


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