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Congratulations to The Only Girl in the Orchestra on the Oscar Win!
The Only Girl in the Orchestra wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Here are some shots from the movie that show HSBS #32, being played by Mark Lillie.
Change of Policy
Please note: all newly commissioned bass orders require full payment prior to Chris starting to build your bass and all sales are final.
Nellie's back!
We’re bringing Nellie back!
Now you can order our Nellie model! She has the same dimensions as our Kane/McKail model with a slightly more rounded upper and lower bout.
You’ll join a pretty great group of musicians that currently own our Nellie model, including (but not limited to) Steve Metcalf (Colorado Symphony), Sam Dugo (Atlanta Opera), Sarah Hogan Kaiser (St Louis Symphony), Isaac Trapkus (New York Philharmonic) and Jeff Turner (Professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Distinguished Artist at the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, and Principal Bass with the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center).
Here are some pictures of Jeff Turner’s bass:
Two of Our Instruments Making Beautiful Music!
My heart soars like a Hawk !!!! I absolutely LOVE this performance from Peter Zay and Volkan Orhon!!! Peter playing my second cello, “Geneva 2.0” and Volkan playing my 35th bass which he owns!!!
HSBS Scrapbook
Have you Heard?
Rion Wentworth, Blake Hinson, and Isaac Trapkus played HSBS basses on the recording of John Williams' cello concerto with Yo-Yo Ma and the New York Philharmonic.
The original motion picture soundtrack to the 2019 Joker movie includes Troy Rinker on HSBS #3 and Dave Romano on HSBS #1.
Brendan Kane (HSBS #10) and Troy Rinker (HSBS #3) play on the original motion picture soundtrack to the Coen Brothers' 2010 True Grit remake.
Troy Rinker (HSBS#3) and Dave Roman0 (HSBS #1) played with Billy Joel in the last concert in Shea Stadium.
Dave Romano played HSBS #1 on tour with Barbra Streisand.
HSBS Dedications
Many HSBS basses are dedicated to Chris' family, friends, and other inspirational people. While we don't have images for everyone, we want to introduce you to some of these amazing people.
Descriptions are mostly from my (one of Chris' sisters') point of view.
