A good ¾ size German double bass by Pöllmann labelled E.M. Pöllmann...Markneukirchen 1936; the two-piece swell back of plain wood, the ribs and scroll similar, the pegbox set with brass machine-geared tuners, the front of open grain, the varnish of a deep orange red colour, the string length 41 1/16in (104.2cm)