Archive for the 'bass luthiers' Category
CBC 69: Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand interview
Yazan: Jason | 08 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass luthiers, Contrabass Conversations, podcasting, student resources
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 [...]
Just wrapped an interview with Barrie Kolstein
Yazan: Jason | 07 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass luthiers, podcasting
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 [...]
Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand on Contrabass Conversations this weekend
Yazan: Jason | 07 March 2008 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass luthiers, podcasting
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 [...]
Chicago School of Violin Making luthiers building copy of Chicago Symphony bassist Dan Armstrong’s bass
Yazan: Jason | 14 January 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: bass, bass luthiers, photography
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 [...]
CBC 54: Steve Reinfranck luthier chat
Yazan: Jason | 23 December 2007 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass luthiers, Contrabass Conversations
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 Holt [...]
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