Yes, the longarm would be best defined as >>Weder Fisch noch Fleisch<< being some quasi - pseudo double; something between production & a one off.... But again immediately after WWII such examples surfaced.
Now the platform is typical of the >>Pinnacle of Perfection<< where H.A. Lindner took the A&D Body Action w/ the 2nd novel advancement by A&D of >>Belts and Braces<< and made it a staple for Charles Daly offerings. Now H.A. Lindner only had limited space and probably a couple foot lathes & a handful of files plus some apprentice engravers who were applying their craft via a template. So H.A. Lindner had to have an accomplance & info points to a Satellite Shop under Sauer's roof. There, H.A. Lindner had the resources to roll out all of these upper rung offerings, which really couldn't have origins in the basement of the H.A. Lindner 3 story house. So with all that said Sauer was involved w/ Lindner, and for sure with Daly, and more than likely Lindner leaned heavily on the formidable machine-shop of Sauer. Now we really haven't seen any connection to Sauer less hearsay.
As you say, or has been said, it may be a pre-WWII Suhl A&D Body Action with overhanging scears with a stock by Hagn, refreshed by Hagn and case-coloured by a subcontractor of Hagn that has a heavy hand with charcoal?
Any leads if Frühauf provided the info suggesting the engraver?
Cheers,
Raimey
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