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www.kcstrings.com
Experience Level: Novice
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[Helping]
Occupation: luthier
Gender: Male
Age: 66
My Instruments:
Fiddle, mando, guitar, a little bass
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Created 3/4/2010
Last Visit 4/5/2010
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Saturday, March 13, 2010 @7:53:56 AM
My name's Michael, and I run K C Fiddles, the fiddle division of K C Strings.
Along with fiddles and violins, we make and sell upright basses. Lots of them, at all price levels.
We have basses in many of the top US symphonies, and even sent three recently to the Russian national orchestra. We also have one guy who does bass repair full time, and another who picks up the overload.
In other words, I have fairly good basic knowledge of basses, but I'm not by any means an expert. I do hang around with several, if you include the guys that build them, and talk to them almost every day. We also have several pro bass players of all different styles on the sales staff. One of our owners graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, was bassist for the Kirov Ballet, and for the Kansas City symhony.
I can probably get fairly good answers to most building, repair, and setup questions, regarding upright basses, and, in the process I will learn a lot more, myself. I expect I'll learn a lot more about playing, too.
I look forward to meeting everyone, and hope I can contribute now and then.
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