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Originally Posted by Robert J Spear
Greetings, Ken, All-- Stop down and see me at my humble booth in room 120. Look for Singing Woods Violin Shop. You'll be amazed! You'll be terrified! But you won't be bored!
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Terrified? Probably not unless you walk in my room with Tools..!!!!
I will be bringing (as of this date);
The
Panormo school bass
The
JB Allen bass
The
J.T. Hart bass
The
Mougenot bass
The
Marconcini school bass
The
Bollbach Lion bass
Robert, my booth will be a partial lesson in Bass history as well as a class in Restoration study. Two basses here were restored by Arnold Schnitzer, two restored by Robbie McIntosh, one restored by and one made by Jeff Bollbach. These are 3 of the top Luthiers around today doing 'violin grade' level restoration work. Re-restoring basses that were previously done to a lesser degree is a huge challenge when trying to correct and erase some of yesteryear's work and bring the instruments back into its original state but modified to today's standards as 4-string basses as well. Three of the basses listed above were born/made as 3-string basses. Two them still retain their original 3 gears and plates with thoughtful modifications to add the 4th string.
So Robert, you will not be bored in
room 404. I can promise you that!