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I started studying seriously in the late 1970s. In my limited view of the bass-playing world at the time, it appeared to me that Gary Karr stood and all orchestral bass players sat. Gary Karr advocated standing and his arguments were persuasive, but if I had insisted on standing I would have...

Does this thread really need the replies by BMason and Les Fret?

Which prominent (in reputation, not height) orchestral bassists stand? Timothy Cobb? Scott Pingel (SF Principal)? Can we construct a list?