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Old 08-23-2011, 01:13 PM
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Well ... I'll stick my neck out and say no, I don't see enough similarities between the photo pairs to think the basses are from the same model or form or maker's hand. Yes there are some similarities but enough differences as well to cancel them out, in my mind.

That long head is interesting; its length and line doesn't seem to match the body it is attached to! (and no I realize it's not attached to the cornerless below it!)
Both basses above, head and body are made by or attributed to members of the Marconcini family. I have pictures on file of another bass by a Marconcini as well, Giuseppe supposedly. Mainly they worked in Ferrara but one of them, Luigi, worked first in Bologna and then in Ferrara. I see only similarities myself but Luigi built lutes and Viols besides Violins and Basses. I was just on a hunt when I found these when looking for makers in Bologna that made Guitars and Basses as that's what my bass looks like, a combo of the two.

The Bass I examined that was stamped 'Lod Parisini' on the tuner plate is a puzzle as well. Was he the bass maker, the gear maker, an owner of the bass like with the name 'Dragonetti' we have seen on some plates? So, without confirmation on even Parisini being the maker of that bass, I am still looking. Bologna is what some thinks it resembles in style and the list of possible makers for style and period is short.
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