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Of course you're right (and I must stop staring at these pictures now)! My original concern was if any additional information about the instrument was hidden here, and the answer would then clearly be no. Thank you once again!
Yours
/sascha

Hi Udo! Thank you very much for sharing your judgment! So, I have now learned that the signature is that of Johann Christian II which then must be the son (not the father). Concerning the "extra sign", if you look at the region surrounding it, I imagine you could see traces of repair work? The middl...

In a reply to another subject concerning Johann Christian Hammig I have showed these photos of the fire-stamp in the bottom of my cello. The cello has twice been totally demolished (still it sounds beautiful!), so I'm uncertain how the "sign" between the "I" and the "C" should be interpreted. No oth...

What wonderful textbook are you citing here? Nowhere else I have found the information that there were actually two Johann Christian Hammig: father and son, members of the guild in 55 and 39 years respective, with a 23 year overlap . I guess that since the big overlap, the notion of a family busines...