1:38:01
So, here we are.
Here's the before picture.
1:38:04
Take a Iook at the corners. Not so bad.
I don't think we have to touch them.
1:38:08
Some reaIIy nice perfIing here.
1:38:13
Lot of work to get it this far.
1:38:15
Turn-of-the-century hackjob
with some horse gIue and a patch...
1:38:18
so I had to reset the neck.
That was the big job.
1:38:21
Sound post, taiI piece.
New bridge, of course.
1:38:24
But the body itseIf is remarkabIy good,
so I'II strip back some varnish here...
1:38:29
-No, no, no.
-No what?
1:38:32
I toId you before.
Don't touch the varnish.
1:38:35
-WeII, that's not gonna be easy.
-If there's a probIem, I'II do it.
1:38:42
Look, the auction's in two weeks.
I have 16 other instruments.
1:38:45
Leroux is aII over my ass. I stiII have
a Stein I haven't even touched...
1:38:49
I want compIete L.I.G.'s,
a resonance test, mass specs...
1:38:52
and Iet's get some varnish sampIes
off to the Iab, okay?
1:38:58
This instrument is not a priority.
Every minute of my day is fuII.
1:39:03
That's fine. We'II do this
after hours, aII right?
1:39:15
-These are the estimates?
-No, the reserves.
1:39:18
-That we proposed to the Chinese?
-Right.
1:39:22
And what about these?
1:39:24
Those are some contentious items
you might not want to put on the bIock.
1:39:28
They're badIy preserved
and hard to attribute.
1:39:31
-What about that red one?
-Red one?
1:39:35
Leroux seemed to think
it might be a Bussotti.
1:39:40
Yes.
1:39:42
It might be, but the IabeI's obscured
and the varnish is odd...
1:39:47
it's sIightIy opaque. And I'm afraid
as it stands, with no documentation...
1:39:52
That's aII you expect?