7/8 Size Double Bass
date: label: date made
content: 1990
name: label: user
content: Brown, Ray
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This Double Bass was made by Dante Gabute in Angelus City, Philippines, in 1990. It is a 7/8 size double bass, Testore model, made in the shop of Cremonasia, Inc. owned by Jacques Gagnon. The top ribs and back are all made of toona calantas also known as Philippine cedar. This wood grows in wet soil and has relatively wide grain in general. The interior blocks and linings are also made of calantas. The neck is made of a harder wood from the Philippines. This neck accommodates an ebony fingerboard and 4 individual brass tuners. These tuners were also made in the Philippines. This instrument is modeled after double basses made by Milanese luthier, Carlo Giuseppe Testore. Inside this instrument is a label:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Dante Gabute<br>1990<br>Testore Model</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This instrument was used by American jazz double bassist Raymond Matthews Brown (1926 – 2002), later in his career.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Philippines
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Cecelia Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0096.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0096
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0096.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bass
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 25 3/4 in x 17 in; 198.12 cm x 65.405 cm x 43.18 cm