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Originally Posted by Brian Glassman
Beautiful Hawkes, Ken! Yes, I've often seen Hawkes floating around in various shops and no one seems to know enough about them. What's your sound impressions on yours? Great Panormo-ish shapes to them.
Didn't I read a post of yours once that talked about them being made for the British military bands? Perhaps that would be a good direction for further research?
Thank you for always expanding the collective DB knowledge base.
PS Mazel Tov! on the Big English Gamba Beast, I can just about hear it from N. Jersey  |
Brian, I don't have one of my own. That Bass belongs to someone else. I just had it here for a week or so and took pics and posted it by permission.
The Gamba beast will go out tonight, first rehearsal. Maybe i will use it in concert on Saturday if I can hit all the notes on it. Playing the Romeo' suite and have a few high note jumps to make. One is octave G to 'E'.. eek.. Another is A harmonic up on the D and then the F below the 2nd octave G on the G-string and crossing over to the C on the D string up in the clouds. Know the piece?