Oleg Vasilevskiy Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Hi everyone, I need your help Recently I purchased a cello and I would like to know more of its origin. I did try to find some info about the make but I couldn't find anything except that the maker had made some Viola D'Amores. Although the label is most probably fake, because it does not coincide with the years of the maker's life. However, would be great if someone can help me to identify where and approximately when the cello was made Thank you I attached some pictures below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 The apocryphal label is truly chosen at random, since the cello is certainly over 100 years younger that a Henschel instrument would be. I would presume that it comes from the Markneukirchen area, a. about 1900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strad O Various Jr. Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, jacobsaunders said: The apocryphal label is truly chosen at random, since the cello is certainly over 100 years younger that a Henschel instrument would be. I would presume that it comes from the Markneukirchen area, a. about 1900 it does appear to be a grafted neck, is it possibly a revarnished older instrument, that originally had a through neck?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratcliffiddles Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 4 hours ago, jacobsaunders said: The apocryphal label is truly chosen at random, since the cello is certainly over 100 years younger that a Henschel instrument would be. I would presume that it comes from the Markneukirchen area, a. about 1900 I'd totally agree, and would add that I am not sure whether the head belongs from what I see, although it is vaguely possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleg Vasilevskiy Posted January 18 Author Report Share Posted January 18 (edited) Yes, it seems that either the neck or head was grafted. Edited January 18 by Oleg Vasilevskiy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Yes someone, at some stage has grafted a new neck. That it has a newer neck is of no importance whatsoever, neither can one draw any conclusions as to why it was grafted, only that it has a newer neck. Mr. Various has neck grafts on the brain, and should in this regard be ignored. Peter might have a point re. if the head belongs or not, although I think I would give it the benefit of the doubt. Even if it doesn’t, I don’t think it matters much, and is well chosen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strad O Various Jr. Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 so the neck graft was possibly added to make the cello look older maybe at the same time as the spurious label was added, or the neck graft and fake label are original to manufacture, what seems less likely to me is some accident that required a neck graft to fix it, unless of course its just 30 years older and started out with a through neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 6 hours ago, Strad O Various Jr. said: so the neck graft was possibly added to make the cello look older maybe at the same time as the spurious label was added, or the neck graft and fake label are original to manufacture, what seems less likely to me is some accident that required a neck graft to fix it, unless of course its just 30 years older and started out with a through neck All speculation, as they say here "für Arsch & Friedrich" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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