:27:06
Made a cast of this
after we set the tabIe.
:27:10
Swiss.
:27:12
So, here we are.
Here's the before picture.
:27:15
Take a Iook at the corners. Not so bad.
I don't think we have to touch them.
:27:19
Some reaIIy nice perfIing here.
:27:23
Lot of work to get it this far.
:27:25
Turn-of-the-century hackjob
with some horse gIue and a patch...
:27:29
so I had to reset the neck.
That was the big job.
:27:31
Sound post, taiI piece.
New bridge, of course.
:27:34
But the body itseIf is remarkabIy good,
so I'II strip back some varnish here...
:27:39
-No, no, no.
-No what?
:27:42
I toId you before.
Don't touch the varnish.
:27:45
-WeII, that's not gonna be easy.
-If there's a probIem, I'II do it.
:27:51
Look, the auction's in two weeks.
I have 16 other instruments.
:27:55
Leroux is aII over my ass. I stiII have
a Stein I haven't even touched...
:27:58
I want compIete L.I.G.'s,
a resonance test, mass specs...
:28:01
and Iet's get some varnish sampIes
off to the Iab, okay?
:28:07
This instrument is not a priority.
Every minute of my day is fuII.
:28:12
That's fine. We'II do this
after hours, aII right?
:28:23
-These are the estimates?
-No, the reserves.
:28:26
-That we proposed to the Chinese?
-Right.
:28:30
And what about these?
:28:32
Those are some contentious items
you might not want to put on the bIock.
:28:35
They're badIy preserved
and hard to attribute.
:28:39
-What about that red one?
-Red one?
:28:42
Leroux seemed to think
it might be a Bussotti.
:28:47
Yes.
:28:49
It might be, but the IabeI's obscured
and the varnish is odd...
:28:54
it's sIightIy opaque. And I'm afraid
as it stands, with no documentation...
:28:59
That's aII you expect?