5-string double bass - Mathieu Millet
Manufactured in 2013.
Personal model inspired by the French school (Jacquet, Claudot, Pillement).
Flat bottom with "pan-broken" and double-heel "Vuillaume", corners "gambés".
Head freely inspired by the model "Pillement father", personalized by an openwork slide.
Top quality sycamore maple and European spruce ("Michaud" house, 10 years old)
Ebony fingerboard and accessories.
Oil varnish and madder lacquer.
Mechanical brass "Martyn Bailey".
String length: 105.5 cm
Body length: 113 cm
Table width (top): 52 cm
Table width (bottom): 68.5 cm
Second hand: Instrument completely revised price € 18,000
Double bass P.Mangenot
Double bass made in Mirecourt, attributed to Paul Mangenot.
Beautiful double bass in very good condition.
Completely restored in the workshop in 2010.
Perfect for arco playing. Nice balance with powerful and round bass.
Very free, versatile instrument, precise, easy to play.
Strings lenght: 106 cm
Trunk length: 112 cm
Table width (top): 51.5 cm
Table width (bottom): 67 cm
24,000 €
Alphonsius Van Hoof
Double bass made in Antwerp (Antwerpen ) in 1927 by Alphonse Van Hoof.
Very beautiful instrument Exceptional and rare, in perfect condition.
Very careful craftsmanship.
Very nice wooden supply. Arched bottom, folded in the upper part.
Powerful, homogeneous and balanced sound. Perfectly suited to solo playing.
Length of strings: 104.5 cm
Body length: 109 cm
Table width (top): 47.6 cm
Table width (bottom): 64.7 cm
33,000 €
Mangenot /Laberte double bass
Double bass made on the Paul Mangenot model by the Laberte workshops at the beginning of the 20th century.
Instrument in very good condition, fully restored.
Low-shouldered template, easy to play, very suitable for arco playing.
Versatile and well-balanced instrument.
Length of strings: 105.7 cm
Body length: 111 cm
Table width (top): 51.2 cm
Table width (bottom): 65 cm
13,500 €
Thibouville (1)
Double bass made in Mirecourt at the end of the 19th century in the “Thibouville-Lamy” workshops
Fully restored in the workshop, perfect condition.
Flat bottom. Large model, ideal for jazz.
Powerful and precise instrument, homogeneous with very beautiful bass.
Length of strings: 106.5 cm
Body length: 115 cm
Table width (top): 55.3 cm
Table width (bottom): 68.3 cm
15,000 €
Thibouville double bass (2)
Double bass made in Mirecourt at the end of the 19th century in the “Thibouville” workshops
Instrument restored in the workshop. Very good general condition.
Good instrument for jazz, dynamic with powerful bass.
String length: 107.7 cm
Body length: 113 cm
Table width (top): 53.5 cm
Table width (bottom): 66.2 cm
14,000 €
Thibouville double bass (3)
Double bass made in Mirecourt at the end of the 19th century in the “Thibouville” workshops
Instrument restored in the past. In good condition. Visible but solid breaks.
Good instrument for jazz, dynamic with powerful bass.
Length of ropes: 108 cm
Body length: 113.5 cm
Table width (top): 53 cm
Table width (bottom): 65.8 cm
9000 €
Romanian double bass
model "Bernardel"
Double bass manufactured in Romania in 2021.
Neat violin making. beautiful "antique" varnish.
Very free, direct and precise projection, homogeneous with clear highs and very beautiful bass.
String length: 104.5 cm
Body length: 112 cm
Table width (top): 51.5 cm
Table width (bottom): 67 cm
€ 5500
Double bass (travel bass)
Double bass. "Beijing FEL" model.
Instrument modified and transformed into a dismountable version.
(see disassembly system
on the " Jazz travel bass " model)
"Beijing" model (France Europe Lutherie). Entirely solid (spruce/maple)
Careful work, wood and varnish. Very good mid-range model that has proven itself!
Very good playing comfort, powerful and balanced sound. Versatile bow or pizz.
Length of ropes: 10.5 cm
Body length: 112.5 cm
Table width (top): 51 cm
Table width (bottom): 66 cm
5500 €