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Originally Posted by Joel Larsson
Last night, Dan Styffe (solo bass player in Oslo Phil, and teacher at the Uni there) was in town to perform a quite new piece by Fredrik Högberg, called "From the First Base." Great performance, and a real cool piece, but what REALLY made my day was that I got to hold Bottesini's Gasparo da Salo in my hand, AND, I got to play some slapping on it!
I feel like twice the man from before.
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Ah, Bottesini played a bass by
Carlo Antonio Testore.
Dragonetti was the one who played the
d'Salo.
The Testore is a dark colored bass with sloped shoulders and was maybe a large 3/4 or 7/8th by todays standards. The
d'Salo is a medium golden brown color and
quite broad and long. It will feel more like a
large 7/8ths or 4/4 in size.
So, which bass did you play? The d'Salo or the Testore?
