Frustrating stuff in the world of air travel from Time for Three . We interviewed their bassist Ranaan Meyer several years ago.
Woah! Totally worth checking out. Via Telegraph. Video: Playing a violin strung with human hair – Telegraph.
Via a quite old MIT site. At a rehearsal, the conductor stops and shouts to the bass section: “You are out of tune. Check it, please!” The first bassist pulls all his strings, says, “Our tuning is correct: all the strings are equally tight.”...
Principal Double Bass of the LSO, Rinat Ibragimov, performs Bottesini’s Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor on an original 3 stringed period instrument by Antonio Gagliano. via Giovanni Bottesini Concerto for Double Bass No 2 in B Minor – YouTube....