jacobsaunders

I would guess early 19thC, although I realise I'm not beeing much help

England isn't that big, it's crammed full of people though

pehaps you can find someboy who would mow your lawn for it

not Mittenwald, not Saxon, leaves you casting about in England

looks like an old bass from the Vienna/South bohemian region. Quite why it should be from Leeb escapes me

It's getting the top back on again afterwards thats the problem

when one clicks on your link it says "Lot not found or currently unavailable"

I think I might be inclined to try to sell you a better cello, but should you insist on having it repaired, I would need to see if the neck root is still properly glued into the mortice, or if it is loose as well. Should it be loose (probably) the repair would involve taking the neck out and refitting/glueing it back in

Are you going to tell us?

Rampal didn’t say that it isn’t one, rather that he doesn’t wish to write a certificate

One could of course “second guess” that they might have preferred you to have bought one from them

Synonym for violin maker?

On should not think of the cornerless Chanot violins in a vacuum. In the 19th C there was a surfeit of Daniel Dusentrieb (Gyro Gearloose) type individuals that made all sorts of inventions or improvements which subsequently became generally rejected, with a few minor exceptions (e.g. chin rests, fine tuners and so on). The cornerless violin was by no means exclusive to Chanot. The only one I have pictures of is a Joseph Bollinger of Steyr from 1815. Bollinger was evidently a pupil of Meinrad Frank of Linz and his normal (i.e. cornered) violins are indistinguishable to those of Frank

I already told you where it originated

2 cheap & nasty lions from the markneukirchen/Schönbach area, late 19thC. Have fun making a replacement tounge