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Oreste Martini | |
| Labeled- Martini Oreste ~ Printed & Signed | ||
| Mantova ~ Fece Anno 1919 |
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Oreste Martini | |
| Labeled- Martini Oreste ~ Printed & Signed | ||
| Mantova ~ Fece Anno 1919 |
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| Oreste Martini was a pupil of S.Scarampella and was only about 25-26 years old when this Bass was completed. An appraiser in Italy quotes that it resembles a Scarampella Cello in its design. The external Rib Linings have been used in Italy as early as the late 18th Century by Beretta, a pupil of G.Guadagnini. The Early English Makers such as Hill and Fendt used external Linings as well. |
| Scarampella School Orchestral Double Bass | |
| Upper Bout: 20 1/4" | Belly Length to the tip: 44 1/4" |
| Center Bout: 14 3/4" | String Length: 41 1/2" |
| Bottom Bout: 26 3/4" | Varnish: Reddish Brown Oil |
| Rib Depth: 7 7/8" (Upper Bout tapers from 7 7/8" to 6 5/8") | |
| Top: 2-Piece Fine grained Pine in the center to Slab cut on the outsides | |
| Back: 3-Piece Oppio (Italian Maple) locally grown in Mantua/Mantova as used by Scarampella | |
| Ribs: Oppio (Italian Maple), with wide flat external Linings | |
| Neck / Scroll: Local grown Oppio (Italian Maple) | |
| Features: Unique neck Block design with deeply carved Button and Neck Strips | |
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| The beautiful Block area is most unusual and all original as well. This is a Martini trademark. The Rib Linings and tapered Neck Strips blend in as if it grew there out of one piece of wood with perfect symmetry at the hand of a Master Luthier. |
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| Beautifully cut FF holes with perfect form | A Deeply carved Back Corner |
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| A beautiful hand carved Italian Scroll with a 'teardrop' button in the back |
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| The perfectly balanced form of this Italian Bass displays deeply carved edges throughout. |
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