I'm not sure what folder this topic belongs in. Anyway, I bought this last year and I consider it a must for anyone studying the bass. Written by Paul Brun, whom I think is an orchestral bassist, it goes over how this instrument evolved. He disproves certain assumptions such as the double bass descending from the bass viol. It was a new instrument and the antithesis of the bass viol which were meant for quiet settings with small ensembles as string quartets and the like. Double bass was meant to fill large halls with low frequencies.

There was orignally no set size. Double basses came in all sizes from not much larger than a cello to huge towering monsters. The most famous of these is the Octobasse which stands a little over 12 feet high but these was not close to the largest. Brun mentions two American basses in the 19th century that were bigger.

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