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The following is a guest post from Double Bass Blog contributor Phillip W. Serna. Check out Phillip’s recitals and interviews on his Contrabass Conversations page, and visit him online at http://www.phillipwserna.com/. Enjoy!
Contrabass Conversations and the Double Bass Blog are continues is series on early bass performers. It will highlight many different perspectives on early [...]

We hope that you all enjoyed the second half of our interview with double bass luthier Barrie Kolstein this past weekend. If you missed it, you can check it out on Barrie’s Contrabass Conversations page. You can download the episode, play it while you’re surfing online (click ‘play in popup’ and [...]

 

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We’re wrapping up our chat with Barrie Kolstein this week on the Contrabass Conversations show. We began this interview on episode 70 of the program, and in it we discussed Barrie’s father Samuel Kolstein and how he got into the bow making business, the progression into the bass making business, and the development of [...]

 

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This week, we’re featuring Barrie Kolstein on the Contrabass Conversations show. Barrie discusses his father Samuel Kolstein and how he got into the bow making business, the progression into the bass making business, and the development of the Kolstein line of products (including rosin, stings, and cases) that bassists worldwide use today.
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We’re featuring Barrie Kolstein on Contrabass Conversations this week. One of the most prominent and influential figures in the double bass community, Barrie was a real treat to interview, and co-host John Grillo and I really had a blast chatting with him. In this interview, Barrie discusses his father Samuel Kolstein and how [...]

 

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We’re chatting with double bass luthier and Heartland String Bass Shop owner Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand today on the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Chris formerly worked at Robertson and Sons Violins before starting his own shop, and he makes extensions and does repair work in addition to crafting his own unique instruments.
It was a real pleasure to [...]

John Grillo of classicalmusicnews.tv (and our regular co-host on the Contrabass  Conversations podcast network) and I interviewed Barrie Kolstein of Kolstein Music, Inc. and Kolstein & Son, Ltd.  Barrie is a legend in the double bass community, running the prestigious Kolstein shop on Long Island for the past several decades after taking over the reins [...]

We will be releasing an interview with Heartland String Bass Shop owner and luthier Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand this weekend on the Contrabass Conversations podcast network.  Chris worked for several years at the Robertson and Sons Violin Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico prior to opening his own operation.  Chris makes absolutely wonderful basses that, in addition to [...]

Aaron J. Brown and his colleagues at the Chicago School of Violin Making have begun an exciting new bass construction project that we’ll be documenting here at doublebassblog.org.
Aaron is working on producing a copy of Chicago Symphony bassist Dan Armstrong’s 1731 Camillo Camilli double bass.  Here’s a shot of Dan at the Chicago School of [...]

 

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This week we bring you a conversation with Chicagoland double bass luthier, teacher, and performer Steve Reinfranck. Steve runs SMR Double Basses in Evanston, Illinois, writes regularly for Bass World (the publication of the International Society of Bassists), and operates a double bass teaching studio.
We also listen to a track from the Redd [...]