Restoration of an ancient double bass made by Pietro Pallotta and Giovanni Rossi 

Not a good idea to strip the varnish on an instrument this valuable.

Bravo well done! Now it has life again and can return to the orchestra once more because of your love for your work.

Absolute mastery. Really enjoyed this. Bravo.

Outstanding restoration, thank you for sharing your work.

Beautiful. How does it sound? Can you record it?

Compliment! Un bellissimo lavoro! Sarebbe carino ascoltare il suono :-).

Amazing craftsmanship. A ton of time and effort to make this play again.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I've restored flat back basses and I've told the owners that they have to keep their instruments humidified in the winter when it gets really cold so the dry air doesn't do the damage that I just un-did. Well, they left for the Christmas holidays and came back 2 weeks later. The janitor was supposed to keep the humidifier filled. He forgot. The instrument came right back and it was now my fault. Flat back basses are extremely prone to cracking because there's no arch to give when they shrink. Keep them humidified or sell them to someone down south where the air is humid. This happened multiple times to me. Not my fault-

high level craftsman, a pleasure to watch

Ciao Maestro Biasin, Una domanda per la liuteria, come è possibile fare un innesto de manico in due pezzi usando il manico originale? Come avete fatto ad ottenere una giunzione solida in quella zona sensibile, oppure funziona solo perché il cb è a 3 corde in budello e c'è meno tensione rispetto ad un cb moderno. Grazie e buon anno.

I am impressed. I rarely see a three string Bass that is still a three string bass after restoration.

good work, but why strip the original varnish?

Bravo maestro, quel courage.🎉

What were the three strings used when this instrument was made?

C'est magnifique Monsieur !!!

oh !! ce magnifique instrument n'avait pas été épargner dit donc !! vous avez fait un très joli travail de restauration !!! bravo !!!!!!!!!!

Termite Damage? - Well done!

Simply Beautiful 👌🏼

Beautiful work indeed. However, sloping sides on a bass are a problem. They make it very difficult to pick it up the instrument or even to put it on a chair. Placing 2 fingers in the F-hole while your left hand holds the neck is a good solution, but not in the long run.

Absolutely amazing

You can spend your life on.. Facebook... or fixing an old "Kontrabass" . Lovely but personally - gloss does not fit this beauty... :(

What a craftsmanship! Stunning work! Congratulations!

Wow! From what year is this instrument?

That poor instrument. Looks like it was buried in the rubble of a bombed out building for 200 years.

This is very interesting to watch. I wish the screen time for each still image was longer by at least 2 seconds. There's a lot to take in from these pictures and I had to pause and restart many times. Still it's a very interesting process.

where did you find it

amazing!

Wonderful!

mmmmm, unbelievable to see that honey double mass, to see the final results, WOW !

Lavoro moooolto ben fatto! Mi sarebbe tanto piaciuto sentire alla fine di questo enorme lavoro il risultato con una piccola registrazione del suono dello strumento. Comunque bravissimi. Fare per favore ancora video del genere, possibilmente anche video, non solo foto, adoro vedere i liutai restaurare strumenti, specialmente i contrabbassi.

Incredible! Would love to hear the instrument

Belo trabalho

Cuando el trabajo se convierte en amor y pasión suceden estos milagros , devolver a la vida un noble instrumento es dignificar el trabajo que hicieron sus autores , saludos desde Chile

How come it only has 3 strings ?

I'd love to hear this!

Three strings? I'm confused. This certainly is ancient

di chi è la musica in sottofondo? Grazie!

Bellissimo!!

Lots of work !

Bravi!

Bravo!

Bravo!

Bellissimo!

you are a magician!

Io non avrei tolto la vernice anche se in parte rovinata...

fabulous job, but i would have just built a new one

Reminds me a bit of Archimedes’ Ship paradox. How can this be the original double bass if most of the wood was replaced?

fabulous job, but i would have just built a new one