Helen & Robbie McIntosh, 5/8 size, Piattellini Model, 2023

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Price: $30,000

Description:

  • This is Helen’s first bass made in collaboration with her father. 

  • The top is made from slab cut, eastern white pine that came from floorboards in a home in Greenwich, NY, that was built in 1785. Robbie used this wood on his fantastic Busan copy. 

  • The bass:

    • 39 1/2” string length

    • is a copy of a bass by Alvisio Piattellini

    • was entered into the makers competition at the 2023 ISB Convention at University of Michigan and won a Silver Medal for Tone

    • has a warm and projecting tone from top to bottom and is very easy to play