news – Lando Music

Posted on February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 by Jonas Lohse

Lufthansa changes rules for carrying (small) musical instruments

After violinist Caroline Widmann was forced to take her Guadagnini violin on board a flight without a protective case, she contacted the Lufthansa board. Her appeal was successful: the airline has now adjusted its rules for transporting musical instruments.

A sum rule is applied: the height plus width plus depth of the packed instrument must not exceed 125 centimeters in total. This allows instruments that are longer than the regular maximum length of 55 centimeters to be taken on board. We have reviewed and implemented the adjustment to the regulations for small musical instruments based on various customer feedback.

For the double bass, everything remains the same – but carrying a double bass bow may now be easier.

Posted on January 10, 2026February 17, 2026 by Jonas Lohse

Not without my pipe

source: advertisement at the german jazz magazine “Das Schlagzeug“ (“the drum set“) issue 12/1959

Posted on March 9, 2025April 6, 2025 by admin

The double bass trailer in action

The ADFC Frankfurt (German Bicycle Club) asked to see my double bass trailer for the article in their members’ magazine. “Mobile working – tradespeople rely on bikes” – in addition to my double bass transport by bike, the physiotherapist Leonarda Tyralla and the stonemason Kersten Droß are also portrayed.

Thanks to Mazin Alwan for the beautiful photos!

Posted on January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 by Jonas Lohse

Santi Debriano plays Presto Nylonwound Medium

Posted on November 3, 2024December 3, 2024 by Jonas Lohse

Everything new! But not quite finished yet.

For years, our website www.Kontrabass-Atelier.de has been a simple hand coded HTML website. This has advantages, but also more and more disadvantages. That’s why it was time to set up a new website.
www.Lando-Music.com is now responsive and dynamic. Since the website is based on a database, everything is now much more searchable and sortable. I’m most pleased that pictures of double basses and other products can now be made available much larger size and better resolution than was previously practicable.

Work in progress: Not everything has been entered yet, and missing products will follow successively in the near future, as far as day-to-day business allows. But the website is already working. However, we continue to do without a shop function with a digital shopping cart and connection to payment and shipping service providers for pragmatism and cost reasons. To order, please simply send an e-mail message as usual!