double bass by Carolus Joseph Hellmer, Prag 1773

Joseph Xavier Jacquet, Paris c´1860, double bass

a 4 string bass, carved maple back, beautiful redish varnish, string length 106cm, very good condition.

a rare brescian, end of 18th century, north Italy, 5 string double bass

carved maple back, string length 107cm, dark full sound, I have looked after this bass for the last twenty years.

Adolphus Mönnig, Budapest 1883

krattenmacher Ex-Posta copy, Berlin 2006, string length 104cm