old Viennese school bass

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Steve Alcott

My impression of it was that it had a nice but not huge sound, good for early and chamber music.

I do know, BTW, that all basses had gut strings before the advent of steel and other non-organic materials.

The sound now is pretty big but for a bass its size. Larger basses can have that thicker organ-like bottom. This bass I think still has more to give and is not small sounding in any way.