Just for "ogling value", can someone post the URL of said (and gone) Vinaccia?
And no, I, too, doubt the "walnut" bit regarding the Ceccherini. It is virtually identical to mine, other than some curious crudeness to the finish, some rough edges, and the de Meglio-esque bar across the strings beneath the bridge— vs. that is, the Ceccherini-esque metal "anchors" holding the strings down to the soundboard(s). But, then again, the characteristics of mine may go hand in hand with the "double-soundboard model" it is and all its correlated paramaters and gizmos.
Somehow, the "workingman's" designation falls short of some, ehm... more substantive description.
It is not man that lives but his work. (Ioannis Kapodistrias)
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