Following on from the success of The English Double Bass the authors are now working on the next title in the series, The Italian Double Bass. There will be 2,000 cloth-bound books and 2,000 leather-bound books published. Owners of The English Double Bass will be interested to learn that the leather-bound copies will match The English Double Bass in binding and style. Every owner of The English Double Bass who orders The Italian Double Bass will enjoy matching numbered copies.
The Italian Double Bass
The newest in the series of double bass books
To be published in early 2020, The Italian Double Bass will feature some of the finest double basses ever made. Authors Thomas Martin, Martin Lawrence and George Martin present some 90 double basses from around 50 of the great Italian makers in a fine art book, with similar production standards and materials to The English Double Bass.
Buy The English Double Bass and pre-order your leather-bound patron copy of The Italian Double Bass to have matching numbered books both signed by the authors.
The Makers
Ninety of Italy's finest double basses by 50 exceptional makers
The authors behind this book are privileged to have worked on many fine Italian double basses over several decades. They are continuing to arrange the photography and research for a great many instruments, and are pleased to announce that work has already been completed on the following makers:
Hieronymus Amati II, Luigi Bajoni, Domenico Busan, Giovanni Battista Ceruti, Gasparo da Salò, Ferdinand Gagliano, Mateo Goffriller, Giovanni Battista Grancino, Giuseppe Guadagnini, Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Giuseppe Rocca, Vincenzo Ruggeri, Gaetano Santagiuliana, Giacinto Santagiuliana, Paulo Antonio Testore, Carlo Antonio Testore, Pietro Lorenzo Vangelisti, Lorenzo Ventapane
To be released early 2020, The Italian Double Bass is an unprecedented work. It explores the makers of Italy and the beautiful double basses they made.