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From Wikidia pagina

This magnificent bass was made by the man considered to be the father of the instrument, Gaspar Bertolotti, known as “da Salò”. It is certainly the oldest instrument in this collection, made at the end of the 16th century.

One of his finest instruments, a double bass with a rapidity of response similar to that of a violin (owned by the 18th – 19th century virtuoso Domenico Dragonetti), is preserved today in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice.

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A second, exceptionally rare bass, possibly the only surviving example of a classical violone contrabasso with a six-hole peg box, was discovered by the Roman master luthier and restorer Luigi Ottaviani in the stores of the Museum of Musical Instruments in Rome, where it is now displayed.

A third double bass is preserved in storage beneath the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada as part of a collection donated by R. S. Williams.

And a fourth was acquired by the Salodian family Biondo from M° Leonardo Colonna, for one of the double bass players of Teatro alla Scala of Milan, and is now on display in a room of the City Council Palace in Salò.

This bass is used in many of the concerts of the annual Gasparo da Salò Summer Festival concert series.

In addition, one of Gasparo da Salò’s violins is prominently displayed at the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague.