3/4 Italian Model, Robbie #6
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3/4 Italian Model, Robbie #6

#6 is my own interpretation of several Italian basses that have come through my shop. It is a Mahogany round back with Sitka Spruce top and a maple neck grafted onto a mahogany scroll. The Sitka Spruce is from the roof beam of a 150-year-old house in New York City.

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Schnitzer/McIntosh Collaboration, #5
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Schnitzer/McIntosh Collaboration, #5

#5 doesn’t qualify as a Taconic Series, but it’s special because Arnold Schnitzer and I collaborated on the building of it as a tribute to our mentor, Lou DiLeone. It is a Cottonwood round back with Engelmann Spruce top and European Maple neck. The model is Arnold’s interpretation of a Testore that was in his shop, a beautiful, flowing outline with violin corners.

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