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William Booth
This
double bass is attributed to the Leeds maker William Booth. As you can see
from the photograph it is a flat baked viol shaped bass with a dark oil
based varnish. It is really very easy sounding and very comfortable to
play being easier than it looks to get around. A beautiful carved scroll
with great English character.
William Booth started his working life as a hairdresser but came somehow
to violin making. He worked in Leeds in the north of England from 1809
until 1856. In many ways his use of woods and varnish, plus his shaping
looks very ordinary in a very extraordinary way. His basses were not what
I would think of as solo basses, but very good orchestral sounding
instruments.
Koos
Serierse
Koos Serierse lives in Loosedrect in Holland and is
thought to be one of the great Jazz players in Europe. He works for many
fine Jazz groups and orchestras all over Europe, and has worked for many
of the great players of the World. Apart from playing, Koos is renowned as
a fine teacher and many of his pupils have bought instruments from us over
the last twenty years. Koos has one son named Marcel Serierse who is
attributed as one of the great kit drummers in Holland and Europe. It is
really nice to know that Koos and son work very well together and can be
bought on CD's. One disc that they have worked on together is "We
Love Music".....Koos Serierse bass, Marcel Serierse drums and Hans
Vroomans Piano. This is a wonderful CD, with almost all the music being
composed by Koos. Gallery Strings is proud to know and sold him
instruments.
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