double bass
Harry Jansen
built in Amsterdam in 2002
A double bass, built by Harry Jansen, Vincenzo Panormo model with a 4-key extension, Amsterdam, 2002. Comes with a matching dark blue case.
Current player
Hinse Mutter
from Harry Jansen
History of this instrument
In 2001, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Harry Jansen to build this double bass. This project was funded by the Dijkverzwaring Foundation. Timothy Brandsen was the first to play the double bass. Peter Jessen succeeded him, followed by Pim Boons. Currently, Hinse Mutter is the player of this Amsterdam double bass.
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...
