Pics I found..

[Ken Smith]

Just posted on FB with the 'Lower Merion Symphony' from yesterdays concert and warm-up.



And a rehearsal a few days earlier with the 7 basses as well as 10 cellos.. Plenty of low strings here.

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Just posted on FB with the 'Lower Merion Symphony' from yesterdays concert and warm-up.



And a rehearsal a few days earlier with the 7 basses as well as 10 cellos.. Plenty of low strings here.

holy jesus, you look like my father!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

holy jesus, you look like my father!

Oh, so NOW will you listen to me?

[Anselm Hauke]

Yes sir!

;-)

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

Yes sir!

;-)

attaboy..

[Ken Smith]

Now THIS is a Knife..

[Ken Smith]

Because of the knife.. This happened..

[Ken Smith]

.. and then I graduated to bigger fish..

[Ken Smith]

Front row, R-Ken Smith, L-Larry Jones Jr...Back row, R-Harvey Kaufman, L-Chris Clark

I might also ad that this was Larry's first time in this section, filling in for the other regular that's usually at my side in this orchestra. The section has been together for a few years now in this Orchestra as well as one other Orchestra but with a different 4th player there but the 2 guys behind me and myself have played together for several years now. Larry fit in just fine as he did about a year earlier in another orchestra filling in as well. It's nice when all the guys know each other and usually work together. It makes for effortless communication within the section. We probably have the best and tightest (the basses) of the string sections in both of the regular Orchestras I play in. It also helps to be able to choose who I want in the section as well as how to place them within.

[Ken Smith]

We had just played the first half, "Escales/Ports of Call" by Ibert and also a Guitar "concerto, de Aranjuez" by 'Rodrigo'. A Famous theme in there. So this was the face I made with the 2nd 1/2 to come, "In a Persian Market"/'Ketelbey' (the easier piece of the night) and "Romanian Rhapsody" by 'Enesco' (and I jumped back for all the Low Ds on that soon to be replaced Extension.)

[Ken Smith]

I just found this on my main orchestras' new website. It looks to be my Marconcini bass. From the first picture, I wasn't sure from what concert this was from but in a black jacket, I know it wasn't a rehearsal. Then I found another picture and it became clear that it was a Chamber concert at Acadia University and the 1st we did there. Only one bass for this one as the other Chamber concerts I did with this orchestra with just one bass I played my former Gilkes, my Uebel and my Vieneese-Prague bass, in that order. This was the only concert that I used the Marcincini bass being the solo player.

[Ken Smith]

This is the first SPSO concert of the season. Although I have played with every player in this section, the four of us have never been in the same section before. Back row l-r, Steve Kyle, Larry Jones. Front row l-r, Kevin MacConnell, Ken Smith. This is the first concert using the Jacquet-Pillement in absence of the Marcucci that is still in restoration. The basses sounded great.

[Ken Smith]

This is from about 1-2 years ago. Forgot about it as it's on the Orchestra's website so before they change their Pics, here it is. I am playing first stand with the light colored Kreutzer bass.

[Ken Smith]

At a more recent rehearsal with the Kreutzer;

[Ken Smith]

Today's Concert, (the first with the Marcucci bass after being restored) with the Lower Merion Symphony (Mark Gigliotti of the Philadelphia Orchestra conducting).

[Ken Smith]

I found the on the FB page of The Orchestra Society of Philadelphia. This is a reading orchestra only. This shot was from October 11, 2013. We did the Verdi Requiem that night and I played the solo (with cellos & chorus) on the Agnes Dei. I'm in the red shirt playing first principal bass. I recall using the Hart bass that night. I think it's the last time I played it before it was sold.

[Ken Smith]

That's me with the Marconcini bass in the Pit, bottom left. I mentioned this to one of the Luthiers I work with and he said "you're playing in the Pit with the "Marconcini"? .. Obviously Not approving of the environment for safety reasons. All was well. We did just 2 rehearsals and 3 performances. The bass is fine and back in the rack at my office. It sounded fantastic. My playing was "Ok"' as well.. lol