Rue de Rome

In Paris, if you want anything music-related, you go to rue de Rome.  The whole length of the street is stores related to music.  Violin shops, piano shops, stores specializing in saxophones or contrabass, music bookstores, anything!  I have no idea how you choose a luthier.  In Calgary, there are two good luthiers in the city.  Here you stand on the corner of rue de Rome and there are luthiers as far as you can see up the street.

One of many luthiers on rue de Rome

Decoratively carved contrabass bridges