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Sebastian SCHELLE

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John Dilworth

SCHELLE, Sebastian Worked circa. 1700-1750 Nuremberg Germany. Pupil of Matthias Hummel Schelle. Very fine work. Stainer model. Soundholes with rounded wings and graceful points into the circles. Quite rare, possibly many having been falsely re-labelled. Hamma shows a beautiful Rogeri-like cello; head with characteristically German sloping shoulders. Thin golden-brown varnish, not fully transparent. Sebastian Schelle / Lauten und Geigenmacher / in Niirnberg. Hummels / Erben An. 1744

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