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Is there one place in particular that you love in Berlin?
- For musicians, definitely, there's this one place
that is unique to Berlin, a store called Dussmann.
It has everything under one roof: a bookstore, a CD store,
and for us musicians, a sheet music store,
which is increasingly rare in this world.
You can find almost anything, and your orders arrive quickly,
so you can even live without the Internet in Berlin!
Isn't that wonderful? A bit of nostalgia.
You can also have a coffee or a meal there.
And it's open until 10 p.m. every night of the week, I think.
Isn't that wonderful?
If you forgot your Bach suites, you call the store at 9:45 p.m.
and you can go there to pick them up.
It's quite a luxury.
It must be the last city in Europe where you can still do that,
if not in the whole world.
- So that's... - That's it.
If you don't like that place,
you can also go to another store
with a wealth of sheet music, manuscript books,
and anything else you need, books, musicology studies, etc.
It's called Riedel, but it's very "Old European".
There are counters, and you have to ask the people
that are there to serve you.
If you feel like browsing, it's not the right place.
It's typically German, stern. You have to know what you want.
But there's something for every taste.
- Have you ever come across other musicians like yourself there?
- Not really. I can't say that I am...
I just go there and quickly pick up some stuff.
I'm not really the type to hang out in stores, so to speak.
I only go to get what I need.
Otherwise, I'd waste a lot of time. It's like a drug.
You look at all the CD's, the music scores... I've done enough of that already.
Now, when I go to a store, it's for a very precise reason.
I even phone in advance, sometimes, I must admit.
And I only go if they have what I want.
I travel a lot, so when I come home, I do like to...
stay at home. I find music stores tiring after a while, to be honest. �