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GUEST,Ross Campbell (Cookie - stop combing your ha	Folklore: Found: An Ole Bull fiddle (24)	RE: Folklore: Found: An Ole Bull fiddle	08 Dec 10
In response to Rob Drake - this recently sold on eBay:- Bassix bass banjo Alan Middleton (Fleetwood Folk Club) has a much older bass banjo which appears occasionally. I presume there were matching instruments of various sizes, corresponding to violin, viola, cello and double bass, probably intended to be played in quartets. I have seen equivalent instruments based on the Gibson "A" style mandolin shape. The bass mandolin was a magnificent instrument, seen in a pawnshop in Toronto more than twenty five years ago, regrettably not for sale! As for Ole Bull violins, I may be on the track of one - I'll let you know. Ross

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