Attachment 196291Attachment 196292Today’s project, courtesy SGW, is a bowl back with a few interesting features. I bought it for the colorful bugs - romantic. An image browse points toward Puglisi or someone in Germany, but your good guess would be appreciated.
The top of the peg head has a shape seen on P’s, and a (sensible to me) ancient repair added plates to the top side, which might be justified if the wood was worn. There’s a label from a UK dealer, but nothing else; no stamp aft of the bridge, nothing inside. Looks like rosewood on the staves, one of which is going to need Richard’s Unpatented single side glue clamps. Bridge probably replacement. Sounds reasonable on antique strings so far. Action is playable, but zero fret is at least .010” too high.
There’s hardly any cant to the top, and the nearest brace is about 1” forward of the bridge location, which I understand might be ok, and it has a prior repair with a sistered piece. The top forward has deformed but not enough to get up about.
Comments?
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