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06-03-2008, 03:06 PM
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For those of you interested in bass history and early bass makers, there was a great exhibition in Brescia, Italy last year. The exhibition displayed five Maggini instruments and the Gaspar da Salo Dragonetti bass. If you are interested in more detail or photos, my related article was just published in Bass World magazine. What a privilege it was to see and play some of the rarest basses in the world.
Michelle Fiore
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06-03-2008, 07:51 PM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | | I enjoyed the article. Very informative. And I'm jealous you got to go... |
06-03-2008, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Michelle Fiore  For those of you interested in bass history and early bass makers, there was a great exhibition in Brescia, Italy last year. The exhibition displayed five Maggini instruments and the Gaspar da Salo Dragonetti bass. If you are interested in more detail or photos, my related article was just published in Bass World magazine. What a privilege it was to see and play some of the rarest basses in the world.
Michelle Fiore | Hi Michelle, I saw and held the 'Dumas' briefly back in 1971 at K&G when I toured thru Chicago. Then it was $1,000., un-restored. They said it needed new Ribs and would cost $1,500. That was a lot of money back then. While Rick Barber's Maggini was on display there he was borrowing my Cornerless attr. Storioni. He promised that when I get down to DC, I could try his Maggini.
Nice article you wrote. The Bass Mosaic on the cover of that ISB issue is the Bass of mine that I just mentioned above. Duane said I 'had' to go to Brescia for this once in a life time event. I was not able to get away I'm sorry to say.
Michelle, besides the article you wrote, is there anything you want to add that didn't make it to print or any after thoughts?
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06-04-2008, 07:53 AM
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06-04-2008, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by bribass Anywhere we can read this w/o having the ISB issue?
BG | Hi Bri,
There's a link on the front page of her website. |
06-04-2008, 09:33 AM
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06-04-2008, 12:20 PM
| | | | A few questions:
How would the Bassetto model be tuned? How did its sound compare to the Maggini's with a longer string length / bigger body?
For those that showed evidence of having six strings, what would the original tuning have been? |
06-04-2008, 04:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | Those instruments are fascinating! Does anyone know if there are more/color/detailed photos anywhere? In the magazine maybe? |
06-04-2008, 04:18 PM
| | | I found a great article on the subject of tuning of violone at: http://www.greatbassviol.com/earlyhistory.html
Given his analysis, the Maggini would be on the upper end of body length (and assuming a proportional relationship, string length) for violone at 97,5 cm. The majority of the extant violone are between 86.3 to 97.0. |
06-04-2008, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | ^^^ Very nice. Good post. |
06-05-2008, 08:55 AM
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Sorry for the delay in response. Looks like the mentioned link covers the tuning questions thoroughly.
Ken - I could mention more about the bows that we used that day. I believe they were owned by the owner of the Maggini Dragonetti, and at least one was made by Sue Lipkins. The combo of these incredible bows with these amazing basses produced a tone and a feel that resonated beyond description.
Toman - I have color photos of all the basses at the exhibition. If you are anywhere near Chicagoland, I would be happy to show them to you sometime.
Mheinz - As you might have guessed, the large basses were louder but also had more of a rich and projecting tone, too. I am a fairly small person at 5'2", so honestly, the bigger instruments were quite a handful for me.
Michelle |
06-09-2008, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith Nice article you wrote. The Bass Mosaic on the cover of that ISB issue is the Bass of mine that I just mentioned above. | Ok, not talking to myself here but the ISB just published the cover with the Mosaic of my Bass;  |
06-09-2008, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Michelle Fiore Toman - I have color photos of all the basses at the exhibition. If you are anywhere near Chicagoland, I would be happy to show them to you sometime.
Michelle | Thanks for the offer! I'm on the other end of the country though, so not likely anytime soon...  |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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