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May not even be a composer, could be some statesman or politician or famous doctor etc.

When I read reactionary things like this article I wonder what people are thinking. Bach, Mozart and Beethoven I'm sure as white overlords treated their slaves very well (much sarcasm intentional). Bartok was not so well treated so to think of him as a privileged white guy is ridiculous, he struggled. To even use the phrase "white European music from the slave period" doesn't even apply to the situation. Possible changes to undergraduate courses include reducing the focus on canonic classical composers like Mozart and Beethoven, in a proposed move away from “white European music from the slave period”. It was reported that professors questioning the music curriculum’s “complicity in white supremacy” also proposed a lighter focus on western music notation, allegedly described in the documents as a “colonialist representational system”

I have an old German bow where the lower octagonal facet extends well beyond the lapping so I don't think that can be taken as being a definitive sign of French work on its own. Also I think the U shaped facets at the bow end of the adjuster are a German trait.

I recently started working on this and has a similar reaction. Then I read that what Bach had done here is write out all the ornamentation, and the expectation would be to play it more freely. I don't think I've heard a recorded version where someone actually tried to stick to a strict rhythm and after a short while it becomes easier to read.

How much does it weigh?

The frog looks silver mounted to me.

I owned a Curatoli once and remember it as being a nice instrument

Palousian: I've lisstened to a lot of Clements back in the day. Never heard blues.

Vassar Clements a blues player? Haven't heard that - I thought he was country. A good player to listen to is Sugarcane Harris. He played with Zappa. You can find stuff by him on youtube

Am I seeing things or are the letters O W carved in the heel of the scroll?

My understanding is that all those stamped as the O P's were late 19c factory instruments. I believe FAG 3 had a factory where these were turned out.

Owner's initials?

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which includes myself