18 new strings
I wanted to share with you a beautiful new but really old instrument I had the luck to meet with and engange in a permanent relationship for now. A 120 year old viennese Kontraguitar. It is a very rare one with 12 chromatic basses. That´s very unusual and I have to see if it is possible to make it work in real life – since 12 basses are really a lot to get organized with. Mr. Witzmann restored the few fine cracks it had beautifully, and his wife restrung the whole thing ! I am waiting for a custom made bag, so I can take it with me to rehearsals and concerts. Jorge Sanchez-Chiong who I worked with on the “Opera of Entropy” already showed his interest to make a new piece of music together, and I am exited to start. So stay tuned :-) !
Florian, das sieht ja wunderbar aus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wer hat sie gebaut (Reisinger?), und was sind das für Wirbel?
Ich habe eine Quintbassgitarre aus Wien, die auch so eine Zipfelmütze hat.
Gunter
Lieber Gunter,
es ist eine Georg Haid ! Die Wirbel hat er eigens herstellen lassen, sagt Spezialist Witzmann. Liebe Grüße, Florian