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Old 04-07-2014, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Alcott View Post
When I got my Olde Tyrolean in 74 or 75 I brought it to Traeger at 115 Christopher for a complete setup. It was the talk of the town (Rochester), as most bassists there were still going to the local violin guy. I'm pretty sure a couple of well-known luthiers were apprenticing with him at the time.
I went to Traeger for just one set-up and never went back. Maybe I caught him on a bad day but it wasn't for me. I dealt mainly with Fantoni in the earlier days and then Peter Eibert for some repairs (north of the city) and then to Biase after that. I also did a bit of my own work. It seemed that I knew what I wanted and could get the job done without leaving the house. The rest is history.. lol
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