Broad Shouldered Italian Basses

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Adrian Juras

The bass looks just gorgeous Ken. I'd love to hear it one day. I have always been attracted to the broader shouldered basses not only visually, but it seems tonally they tend to have a fairly big sound to them as well.

Well, the sound is deep and smooth but not super loud under the ear. Playing it though in a room with a listener 2 rooms away, the bass does cut thru the walls as well as the larger Panormo School bass I have. The program I have this week doesn't have much to play in the higher register. Maybe some notes up on the G up to about C in the Gorecki. I don't seem to have much problem playing up that high at all. In practicing the Valse Miniature(Koussevitzky) though, the high 'A' is a bit of a stretch but I can reach it!