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    Double Bass "Full-Size" Bass?

    Peter Chandler wrote in his excellent book "So ... you want to make a Double Bass": "- I have not yet heard of any definitive means of determining whether a bass is 3/4, 7/8 or full size. I go by the size of bag that is needed!." "- Most players prefer a 3/4 size. 7/8 is not uncommon...
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    Double Bass Benedikt Lang bass

    This 4/4 "Benedikt Lang/Tornblad" looked much older than the 3/4 above. Benedikt Lang (Mittenwald) was a close friend of the bassmaker family Wilfer (Erlangen). They cooperated and made exactly the same models. You can't see any difference.
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    Double Bass Benedikt Lang bass

    Tornblad is a typical but not very common Swedish family name. The pics are from a Swedish bass repairman's shop repairing two old Benedikt Lang basses at the same time (2001). One 4/4 and a 3/4. The repairman had seen many Benedikt Lang basses, but only these two had the name "Tornblad"...
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    Double Bass ALL about GIOVANNI BOTTESINI (1821/1889)

    What is better - tuning in summer or winter?
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    Double Bass Bass soli

    Anyone knows this music?
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    Double Bass fitting Rubner tuning machines

    I used * a common (cylindric) drill * a round file to make the conical shape of the holes I dipped the peg (with attached brass plate and cog wheel) into carbon powder and marked where to file. Each time the peg goes further and further into its hole. Finally the brass plate will be in...
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