Slab cut cello

[Buko]

Do you like slab cut cellos? 

[David Burgess]

3 minutes ago, Buko said:

Do you like slab cut cellos? 

Not for longevity or durability.

[Shelbow]

11 minutes ago, David Burgess said:

Not for longevity or durability.

But for one night only 

[plasterercaster]

Do you like over exaggerated asymmetrical outlines?  

[Flattmountain]

2 minutes ago, plasterercaster said:

Do you like over exaggerated asymmetrical outlines?  

Camera distortion 

[plasterercaster]

2 minutes ago, Flattmountain said:

Camera distortion 

care to explain why the chairs in the top left corner of the bottom picture aren't distorted?

[Flattmountain]

Just now, plasterercaster said:

care to explain why the chairs in the top left corner of the bottom picture aren't distorted?

The angle of the camera does not allow for that. Can you explain to me why the opposite shoulders are distorted when flipped to show the back?

[Greg Sigworth]

Assuming the cello's stay in the same hands, when the cellos are turned with backs towards us, the distortion would be reversed from what we see if it is real shape and not camera distortion. So this must be a camera distortion. 

[plasterercaster]

Fair point 

[plasterercaster]

 

fixed it

 

[deans]

2 hours ago, David Burgess said:

Not for longevity or durability.

I'm sure you have a good point, but those instruments look like they've been around a while.

[Flattmountain]

29 minutes ago, plasterercaster said:

 

fixed it

 

What are you achieving by this argument?

[Ratcliffiddles]

1 minute ago, deans said:

I'm sure you have a good point, but those instruments look like they've been around a while.

What's "a while" in your opinion ?( concerning these 2 )

[David Burgess]

3 minutes ago, deans said:

I'm sure you have a good point, but those instruments look like they've been around a while.

Anything can stay around for a while, with enough repairs.

[jacobsaunders]

One piece cello backs don't occur (in my expierience) unless they are on the slab, 'cos trees dont grow big enough

[Ratcliffiddles]

I am assuming that these are new, right? ( the dendro-proof versions)

[plasterercaster]

27 minutes ago, Flattmountain said:

What are you achieving by this argument?

are you inviting me to engage in a philosophical debate about the violin trade?

[Jim Bress]

27 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said:

One piece cello backs don't occur (in my expierience) unless they are on the slab, 'cos trees dont grow big enough

There are occasional outliers.

[jacobsaunders]

1 hour ago, Jim Bress said:

There are occasional outliers.

everything in America is bigger, isn't it

[David Burgess]

1 hour ago, Jim Bress said:

There are occasional outliers.

Yup. I've had some quarter-cut one-piece cello cello backs, but they did cost me an arm and a leg. Or maybe a kidney.

[David Burgess]

26 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said:

everything in America is bigger, isn't it

Yup.

Once upon a time, two Texans were "relieving themselves" from a bridge over a river. One said, "That water sure is cold, aint it!" The other replied, "Yeah, deep too." 

[Michael Darnton]

4 hours ago, Buko said:

Do you like slab cut cellos? 

So what are they?

[Flattmountain]

1 hour ago, plasterercaster said:

are you inviting me to engage in a philosophical debate about the violin trade?

I’m inviting you to explain yourself as to why you feel your argument is valid and helpful in this setting 

[Buko]

The dark cello Italian 1800. The light one Sgarabotto 1910. Testore copy

[martin swan]

Surely both are (fakes) by the same maker ...?

Different f-holes but same model, workmanship, purfling, varnish and apparently arching