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The Catgut Acoustical Society Library |
| File #: | B6450 |
| Name: | Blatter, Donald |
| Dates: | d. 1973 |
| See also: |
| General Information: |
| A design engineer for Baldwin Locomotives, who in retirement made string basses. He became |
| interested in the basses of the Violin Octet and was helpful in the early design and development of them. |
| Without Blatter's generous assistance we would have been another five years in getting the Octet |
| basses on the road. |
| File Contents: |
| B6450 | -- | 101 |
| Correspondence: 1963-1973 with CMH concerning mainly the construction of contrabasses. Included |
| in the Correspondence are various newspaper clippings, invoices and photos. |
| Key Words: | Contrabass construction | Violin octet |