Downloads page - Items of interest

Here are some examples from my books, reviews, cartoons and other items of interest.

Sample page from Double Bass Solo Book 1. This title was revised again in 2019 with more pages.

Double Bass Solo Book 1 Reviews

Double Bass Solo Book 2 Reviews

Double Bass Solo Techniques Reviews

(Spoof) A report now says that the Mozart effect is a fraud !

(Spoof) "O & M" Concert Evaluation report

(Spoof) "Complaints to the Music Department" phone options

Cartoon 1 featuring a Bass and the three helpers!

Cartoon 2 featuring a Bass and two accident-prone helpers!

Cartoon 3 and a poem! (with acknowledgements)

Cartoon featuring Signor Bottesini

A lithograph of Bottesini at the Musical Union c.1851

The Bottesini Testore - a page in words and pictures about the player and it's maker

An 80 year old Dragonetti pictured with Lindley c.1843

Domenico Dragonetti - notes on the player at the Philharmonic Society, London

Death of Dragonetti The Times report, 1846 (with acknowledgements)

Joseph Panormo - Part 1 - a history about the maker of my double bass

Joseph Panormo - Part 2 - a page about Kenneth Burston - the last owner of my bass

The 1611 Amati double bass - and notes on the player Sergei Koussevitzky

Double Bass Bows - notes on some important bow makers

Some Items of interest