{"id":15196,"date":"2025-09-10T12:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/nos-projets\/take-down-double-bass\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:12:41","slug":"take-down-double-bass","status":"publish","type":"post-nos-projets","link":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/en\/nos-projets\/take-down-double-bass\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismountable double bass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/19092025_AcisGalatea_Ambronay_cFrancois-de-Maleissye-Cappella-Mediterranea_DSC00490-1-907x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19092025_AcisGalatea_Ambronay_cFrancois-de-Maleissye-Cappella-Mediterranea_DSC00490-1-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19092025_AcisGalatea_Ambronay_cFrancois-de-Maleissye-Cappella-Mediterranea_DSC00490-1-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19092025_AcisGalatea_Ambronay_cFrancois-de-Maleissye-Cappella-Mediterranea_DSC00490-1-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19092025_AcisGalatea_Ambronay_cFrancois-de-Maleissye-Cappella-Mediterranea_DSC00490-1-1360x1536.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19092025_AcisGalatea_Ambronay_cFrancois-de-Maleissye-Cappella-Mediterranea_DSC00490-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For several years now, Anne Geisendorf, patron of the Cappella Mediterranea ensemble, has been seeking to assemble a collection of instruments of the highest quality to support Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n\u2019s artistic projects. With this in mind, in 2025 the ensemble acquired a <strong>dismountable double bass crafted by<\/strong> <strong>the luthier<\/strong> <strong>Richard Gonon<\/strong> (Grand Prix at the City of Paris International Competition \/ Etienne Vatelot Competition 2011). <br\/><br\/>A fundraising committee has been established to finance the purchase of this instrument and ensure its acquisition. The instrument was presented to <strong>Eric Mathot<\/strong>, Cappella Mediterranea\u2019s principal double bassist, just in time for him to fly to Brazil for the seven performances of <em>Les Indes galantes<\/em> at the Theatro Municipal de S\u00e3o Paulo in November and December 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"line-height:1.55\">&#8220;<em>Cappella Mediterranea is in great demand to perform all over the world, and travelling is extremely complicated, particularly for large instruments such as the double bass. Having this dismountable double bass would be a real relief and would save a lot of hassle! <\/em> &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"line-height:0.5\">\u2014 Anne Geisendorf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Woods used:<\/strong><br\/>Top made from high-grade solid maple, inner blocks made from spruce, inner struts made from lime wood, maple neck and ebony fingerboard.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our double bassist Eric Mathot, who now plays this instrument, demonstrates how it is assembled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div 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src=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.10.00-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.10.00-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.10.00-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.10.00-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.10.00-1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.09.59-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.09.59-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.09.59-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.09.59-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-14-at-09.09.59.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The double bass acquisition support committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Didier Cherpitel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Zbigniew Chmiel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Fran\u00e7oise and Jacques Haeberlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Anne Geisendorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Olivier Schneider<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">No\u00eblie Schoenlaub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\" 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