We just wrapped our final segment featuring Barrie Kolstein. You can check out the complete feature here:

http://contrabassconversations.com/guests/episodes/barrie-kolstein/

Barrie, John Grillo, and I talked about the following topids:

Barrie's father Samuel and how he got into the business
Samuel's bowmaking
life as a midtown Manhattan instrument dealer and the NYC scene mid-20th Century
moving the Kolstein shop out to Long Island
cases
bows
rosin
instruments - old and new
advice on how to buy a bass