Author: conormccarthy
Date: 2014-11-27 05:10
Hello Virginia,
I know this is a long-shot as this topic is already almost 4 years old...but I was looking for more information on your relation Leslie and his shop. The link in the above post no longer works.
I am an Irish double bass player, I play with the Toulouse orchestra (orchestre national du capitole de toulouse), and have recently come across a double bass with many connections to my hometown, Cork, in Ireland. It is stamped Leslie Sheppard, Sussex (according to the description - I have yet to see the instrument) I would love to know the time period of when the shop was open. I think this instrument was sold some time after 1930 and before 1950, but it is, I suspect much older, probably 1800 or so.
The double bass was bought by an amateur orchestra in Cork, the Cork Symphony Orchestra. The conductor and founder of this orchestra was Aloys Fleischmann, a famous musician in Ireland at the time, and his wife taught my Grandmother to play piano. It is from her that I am connected to classical music (in fact I have traced her musical legacy somewhat, and her teacher, Tilly Fleischmann was taught by Bernhard Stavenhagen was in turn taught by Franz Liszt!). Being a double bassist I am very interested in any more information I can find on this instrument, and Leslie's shop is a big clue!
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Yours in music,
Conor Mc Carthy
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