a Bass by Louis Lowendall (1842-1918)

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

First concert was tonight (Saturday) with the Lowendall with rehearsal the night before. I have another rehearsal later today (Sunday) and one on Wednesday. So far, the bass works well on stage. The test continues..

The Bass section from Left to Right; Chris Clark (Saxon bass early 20th century), Larry Jones (W.Uebel, Saxony late 19th century), Harvey Kaufman (1980 Pollmann), Ken Smith (1910 Lowendall).

The Lowendall impressed me so much and in many ways, that I have decided to put it thru a full restoration. I dropped it off at AES in NY last Saturday. It will then likely become my main personal bass. In the mean time (4-6 months), I am using my Pollmann. (Edit: I mean the Marconcini.. no, no.. I mean the Marcucci. Back to the Italian.. lol)

[Ken Smith]

My Bass was made here in this building but in 1910, at 121 Reichenberger Strasse, Berlin.

[Ken Smith]

Fully Restored with C-Extension by AES NY, August 2016.

FYI, I sold my fine English bass nearly 2 years ago and replaced it with a nice Italian bass (both were my main orchestra basses at the time) and now, the Lowendall has replaced them both. I find this bass to be about as good as nearly any of the other fine English or Italian basses I have owned and used in the past.