Instruments and Bows
The Instruments and bows listed below are currently available. Consignment sales are welcome. Offered are new instruments and used instruments repaired or restored; all are set up and adjusted here in the shop.
Instruments currently for sale include:
Double Basses
- Kay, 1950s, $2,750
- Kay, #57379 (1969, last year of production) $3,000
- Old Bohemian, c. 1900, $3,500
- Old German, c. 1930 $5,000
- Schrotter 5/8, c. 1960 $4,000
- East German full-size, c. 1970 $4,000
- German William Lewis & Son, model 236, $5,500
- E.H. Roth 3/4, model B2, 1972 $10,000
- Horst Grunert, 3/4 Quenoil model, c. 1991 $15,000
- Czech flatback, c. 1935, w Stenholm C-ext. machine, $15,000
- Julius Rudolph, Gotha, 1853 $17,500
- New basses by Shen and others
Violins
- J.B. Colin
- H.T. Heberlein
- Anton Thir, Pressburg
- E.H. Roth, 1924 Ruggieri model
New Instruments by Scott Cao and others
Violas
- Hornsteiner, 16"
- Old German, 15 3/4"
- Schuster and Mahr 16"
- Lewis
- Scott Cao "Maggini" model, 16”
New Instruments by Scott Cao and others
Cellos
- Pfretschner, c. 1958
New Instruments by Scott Cao and others
Bows currently for include:
Double Bass Bows
- HR Pfretschner, German model
- Samuel Kolstein, French model $3,500
Photos available on request