One for the collectors!

[Matthew Tucker]

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=878623782&searchurl=y%3D10%26kn%3Dluthier%2Bcontrebasse%26x% 3D21

(original invoice for repair of a double bass top broken at Trianon in 1810, signed by Napoleon's luthier, and stamped and signed by officials of the court.

Only $822 ... its a steal!)

[Anselm Hauke]

matthew,

how did you find that?

[Matthew Tucker]

I get distracted ...

searching for a book on a sailing adventure

then digressing my search keywords toward my bass obsession ...

I wish I knew what "Petits trous d'epingles Etat des frais" was all about. I know what it means literally, but it doesn't make any sense. It sounds like a nice historic piece of bass memorabilia though.