Ex-Riccardi Cornerless Bass Copy (formerly attributed to 'Storioni') (SOLD)

[Eric Swanson]

Congratulations to both you and Arnold! It sounds as if another great bass has come into the world...

[Craig Regan]

........ Pictures?

[Arnold Schnitzer]

I have some preliminary pics up on my Facebook page. The bass is being delivered to Ken on 12/17, and I'm sure there will be a beautiful layout on the KSB site within hours. I've just finished the C extension and the instrument really likes it.

[Ken Smith]

The Scroll pics. The original and 300 years later, a modified copy;



Back Button area;


Rib/profile;


The F holes;


These pics were copied by permission from Arnold's facebook page. When the Bass gets here later this month, we will take a full set of pics and post a full page on the website. When the original 'Storioni' (as it was known as) comes out of restoration, I will again make a new page on that bass as well as a side-by-side page of the original and the inspired copy.

[Ken Smith]

With no two shoulders being exactly identical, we picked one of the Shoulders and use that for all 4 of them, top and back.

[Eric Swanson]

Congratulations, to both of you!

A lovely concept, and so beautifully made...

Thank you for sharing these photos.

[Pino Cazzaniga]

Neat work, powerful design... and he is making some friends there!

[Yeong Cham]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Hi Ken/Arnold,

Congratulations on the great looking and sounding bass!

Are those English Baker tuning machines?

I'm asking because all the Baker style tunings machines that I've seen here in London have screws on the other side of the cheek to hold the cog in place. Would you please share how do they work (without screw) on your bass?

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Originally Posted by Yeong Cham

Are those English Baker tuning machines?

I'm asking because all the Baker style tunings machines that I've seen here in London have screws on the other side of the cheek to hold the cog in place. Would you please share how do they work (without screw) on your bass?

They are copies from Gallery Strings in England. If you look closely you'll see that the sides of the large gear are angled, which holds them in place via the pressure from the worm gear. I strongly prefer not to drill through the opposite side when installing gears. The scroll is considerably stronger this way, and less likely to break or split.

[Yeong Cham]

Hi Arnold.

Thank you for sharing. Looks like the "Healey" model. Yes?

I feel the same about not drill the opposite side. Another thing about the Baker style tuners that I don't quite like is that in most cases the gears and screws/washers (on the other side) don't sit flat on the cheeks.