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Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker
It is, or was in Bruno Brett's shop in Paris. He calls it 18th C "Storioni school".
I have asked them for more information, but none forthcoming yet ..
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Ever since the Elgar book came out with a Cornerless bass shown and the write-up about him making these, anything similar is usually named after him one way or another. I have head Rogeri as well on at least two occasions.
I was told that the bass in the book is NOT Storioni and there is another bass known as a Storioni in another Museum not far from the one that has the Cornerless. The other bass is not Cornerless. I also saw a smallish Italian bass, very old over here that belongs to the Curtis Institute that they call a Storioni as well. Violin cornered bass..
With my bass is restoration, looking inside it now and even before the bass was opened, it looks to be too old to be by Storioni but who knows?
Keep us informed if you hear anymore about this bass.