old double bass

Hi everybody! I just bought this great sounding instrument from Kanzian & Traunstein in Vienna. All I know about it is that it's a Hungarian made bass, likely from Budapest around 1900. If anyone from seeing the pictures could say anything about the bass I would be most grateful, I've been...

Hi All, I've been playing electric since 1982 and finally bought myself my first upright - a well-used Meisel - made in Germany, age unknown. This is actually my second upright - my wife rented one for my 50th birthday 4 years ago, but I returned it after a year of complaints that it was too...

Hi All, I was about to make an experimental instrument out of a 20” bass drum and 14” tom (cut and glued together so that it gives a “snowman” shape :) ). For the back I intnded (and still intend) to use the original plastic skin of the drums (reinforced at the sound post) and for the top...

Hi! Ever since I started playing the double bass, I've played with instruments on loan from my music school. In 2 years I'll be applying to a music academy. When I leave our music school I'll have to buy myself a bass. I'm hoping to buy the bass at least a year before applying because I'd like...