Re: Martin Mammoth Recording Bell
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:11 pm
Looks pretty ragged, but I'm not fussy about such things and I had some serious thoughts about it.
The photography is BS though - he lists it at $1200 and posts out-of-focus photos of serious damage? #4 that presents a blurry picture of apparently bashed bottom bow and somewhat funky looking valve slides, #6 that (doesn't clearly) show the mangled valve knuckles. #3 shows what looks like a pulled-out-of-round bell tenon fairly clearly, perhaps by accident.
Photography is hard? Well, yeah, it isn't always easy to get it right, but I assume no one forced him to do all this, he took it upon himself to set up that auction and is probably getting good money for his trouble.
The photography is BS though - he lists it at $1200 and posts out-of-focus photos of serious damage? #4 that presents a blurry picture of apparently bashed bottom bow and somewhat funky looking valve slides, #6 that (doesn't clearly) show the mangled valve knuckles. #3 shows what looks like a pulled-out-of-round bell tenon fairly clearly, perhaps by accident.
Photography is hard? Well, yeah, it isn't always easy to get it right, but I assume no one forced him to do all this, he took it upon himself to set up that auction and is probably getting good money for his trouble.