double bass

This bass is the result of an intensive search for a beautiful bass for Sasha Witteveen. With basses, it’s so difficult to find a suitable instrument; because of its size, it’s simply more fragile, so there are far fewer old basses in good condition than, for example, violins. And even if you’re lucky enough to find a few beautiful basses, you still have to deal with the size—it has to fit just right; otherwise, it’s too big, too thick, or too heavy. But this Florentine bass was perfect—from the very first notes Sasha played on it, we knew this might just be the one for her. During the sound test, Rick Stotijn and I listened to the different basses blindfolded, and it became clear that we didn’t need to look any further; the Piattellini sang so beautifully!