Double Bass Dragonetti bass in venice?

[Pookastudio]

I am traveling to Italy for two weeks and it is my goal to find a three string bass somewhere to look at. I have info that a Dragonetti bass is in Venice but I also heard it had been moved to Rome.

Anyone know where it is going to be in the next two weeks?
thank you

 

[RSBBass]

I was at the musical instrument museum in Rome a few weeks ago. They didn't have any bass labeled as a Dragonetti. There was one bass in very bad shape that was just laying on a table unlabeled. The collection was well worth seeing, though week on basses, but the information was spotty and even wrong. There was a cello labeled as bass.

 

[Stev187]

Anyone know where it is going to be in the next two weeks?

Perhaps I am reading this wrong, but it looks like that bass lives at Link Removed. Perhaps you could write to them to see if it's there...

--Steve

 

[Mark Carlsen]

I was in Venice in 08 and the bass lives on the 2nd floor of the basilica in a glass enclosed corner. Once in a while it is taken out for a special concert, but thats it. It was restored a few years back by one of Italy's top luthiers. If you Google search you will see some You-Tube stuff thats pretty cool...

 

[Pookastudio]

Thanks guys. I was able to find the bass and bow in the glass enclosure. It was in the museum inside the St Marks Basicilica. Absolutely a great thing to do. I was thrilled to take pictures for a local luthier. The added benefit was the great chats with others that made the trek. Nice to meet Pierre from Paris and realize we both studied with Gary Karr! Small bass world.
Now how do I add pictures to show on the forum?

 

[bassist14]

some pics and info and a video of the bass are here:
Contrabbasso vendita e restauro su Contrabbassi.it del liutaio Sergio Scaramelli di Ferrara - Restauro Domenico Dragonetti

 

[geoffbassist]

I was there in the summer. Great museum, amazing basses and it's free!
They had a lovely Amati.

 

[eerbrev]

some pics and info and a video of the bass are here:
Contrabbasso vendita e restauro su Contrabbassi.it del liutaio Sergio Scaramelli di Ferrara - Restauro Domenico Dragonetti

man, headphones made a huge difference in the sound clips. my computer speakers are bad, so at first i was not impressed with the sound of the bass. Then i put on a good quality set of headphones. WOW! Now THAT is a sound!

eerbrev