double bass
Harry Jansen
built in Amsterdam in 1997
A double bass, built by Harry Jansen in Amsterdam, 1997. Model: Vincenzo Panormo (c. 1771).
Current player
Jurjen de Roest
from Harry Jansen
History of this instrument
The VSBfonds made the purchase of this double bass possible. In 1997, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Harry Jansen to build this instrument. Maarten Wentzel was the first bassist to play it. His namesake, Maarten Storm, was the next player of the Amsterdam double bass. Joost Verbakel and Yaman Zencirci also played the instrument for some time. Sasha Witteveen was the last player before the double bass came into the possession of its current player, Jurjen de Roest.
About the builder Harry Jansen
After completing a four-year violin-making program at West Dean College in Sussex, England, Harry Jansen settled in Amsterdam in 1989. Even while still a student, he specialized in double basses. In the early years of his career as an...