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It is not a Maire, but that is what they were trying to emulate on the label, I think.

I have 2 and see them often here in Seattle. A friend has a quartet of his bows. I have a copy of the book and a few orig. drawings. I have approached Marianne about reprinting it, but she shows no interest.

It says, "Be Nice or Leave". I am often asked what that means, and I tell customers that since it hangs directly in front of MY bench, it is mostly a Personal reminder...

Sorry for the tardy replies. My device allows me to read MN, but not post while away from the shop. Kinda on purpose... Not whalebone. I have maintained it for the past 25 or so years. It's provenance begins with the Hill's in the early 20th c. It has a beautiful Hill Certificate from the early 20th c. It came to the US through the Waddell Collection. The Hill cert says Stainer 1650's. The back gets referred to, lovingly, as a 3 pc back, wings upper and lower. It ended up on this coast via. Armin Schlieps. It does need some work, but the owner is elderly and these things should perhaps be done between owners.

Can you sharpen? Can you make things flat and square using a block plane? If you don't have competency in basic woodworking and hand tool skills, that is where to start.

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yep. certainly on the wholesale end.

It is a Vuillaume style frog seating, but the frog does not go with the stick. Finding a replacement frog will be difficult. The butt crack can be repaired, but it may not be worth restoration.

Hard, brittle varnish. Dirt can cover a lot.

Altered by someone. Look for reprints or scans of Sears and Roebuck Catalogs and you will see representations of the back of the scroll.

It simply means that they don't necessarily agree with the attribution. They have to believe, to Jason's satisfaction, that what they are selling is what the certificate says that it is. Francais Certs, especially from his later years, can be fraught with inconsistencies.