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Old 05-15-2009, 12:36 PM
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going to vienna (and am in budapest-> berlin)... what shops should i check out?

Hey, so I started a thread maybe a week ago about a bass I am considering buying from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and since then I have been traveling and part of the trip has turned into searching for some comparable basses I might be interested in purchasing, or just checking out what is out there. I was in Prague before, and only managed to find one old instrument shop which had some really cool stuff, but only a few basses none of which were too nice (he did have one new carved bass for $1200 which would probably go for about 5000 in NY, just an interesting price comparison). I am in Budapest now and havent been able to find anything, I am going to Vienna tomorrow, and will be in Berlin after that.

If anyone has any tips about particularly good places to check out some old instruments (Im looking for a bass obviously, but Im with my brother whose a drummer and has been searching for old cymbals) let me know. I figure Vienna should have lots of places but i wouldnt know which ones are better than others and am only spending a day or 2 there, so if you have any tips, let me know please.
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Old 05-15-2009, 01:27 PM
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berlin:
http://www.kort-basses.com/
http://www.jmotter.com/en/
http://www.kontrabassberlin.de/

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Old 05-15-2009, 02:53 PM
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http://www.barnabass.hu/
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Old 05-15-2009, 02:59 PM
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+1 , great forster copy!
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Old 05-15-2009, 08:55 PM
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That is an extremely beautiful bass! Anybody played one?
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Old 05-16-2009, 10:08 AM
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I will have 2 basses by Mr. Rácz in my booth at the ISB convention in June. One will be a Testore copy. He made both basses with wood that is 100-130 years old. His restoration work is impeccable. He restored the H. Amati II that I will also be bringing.

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