Recent content by wrmerkel

That bass looks very similar to my 1929 Josef Novotny, a Czech maker. Mine has a label from the Rudoph Wurlitzer shop. If I could get a closer look at the tuners from the side that would help. I just had a lot of work done on mine and it sounds fantastic. It now appraises at about $10-12K...

I bought my 1929 Josef Novotny from a guy in Springfield, Mass back in 1991, paid $2,000, and it was in playable, but only fair shape. I loved how the instrument projected, even with a few open seams, so I took a flyer on it and brought it home. I had Lou DeLeone in New Haven do a few small...