Greetings from Italy!

[Pino Cazzaniga]

Hi to everyone
I'm Pino Cazzaniga, live in Bernareggio, a little town near Milano, I'm 51.
My work is to make and restore DB and cellos.
I studied at the Civica Scuola di Liuteria of Milano and graduated in 1986, when a friend asked me to make his double bass, my first one.
From then to now I mostly repaired, restored and set up DBs, and few cellos.
I made some instruments too, more or less one per year, only when somebody ask me for, usually a copy or something particular, like a 6 strings violone or a lirone for baroque music. So I don't use my own models.
I work for any kind of musician, amateur or professional or student, I hope with the same passion.
The reason for joining this community instead of just visiting is to ask for informations about an instrument, as I repaired it but didn't see anything similar, and I'm looking for ideas.
I'll post something about it in the luthier's corner.
You will forgive me for this, I hope, and for my italian english too.
Anyway greetings, and fun!

Pino (my real name is Giuseppe, Pino is like Bob for Robert...)