violone
Harry Jansen
built in Amsterdam in 2016/2017
A six-string contrabass violone, built by Harry Jansen in Amsterdam, 2016/2017. The instrument is based on an original G.P. Maggini contrabass violone, built around 1600 in Brescia. Flat back with a curve, made of flamed Italian poplar. Sides also made of poplar. Fine-grained spruce top. Violin-style design with double inlay on the top and back.
Current player
Claudia Velez
from Harry Jansen
History of this instrument
In 2017, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Harry Jansen to build a violone. The purchase was made possible by the Pieter Bastiaan Foundation and the Reekum van Morselaar Foundation. Tony Overwater was the first to play the violone; it is currently owned by Claudia Velez.
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...
