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Meet the Boys

Boone, Commander in Chief

COO Arlo (Cat Obesity Officer)

Chief Inspector Zander

Congratulations to The Only Girl in the Orchestra on the Oscar Win!

The Only Girl in the Orchestra wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

Here are some shots from the movie that show HSBS #32, being played by Mark Lillie.

Change of Policy

Please note: all newly commissioned bass orders require full payment prior to Chris starting to build your bass and all sales are final.

Nellie's back!

We’re bringing Nellie back!

Now you can order our Nellie model! She has the same dimensions as our Kane/McKail model with a slightly more rounded upper and lower bout.

You’ll join a pretty great group of musicians that currently own our Nellie model, including (but not limited to) Steve Metcalf (Colorado Symphony), Sam Dugo (Atlanta Opera), Sarah Hogan Kaiser (St Louis Symphony), Isaac Trapkus (New York Philharmonic) and Jeff Turner (Professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Distinguished Artist at the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, and Principal Bass with the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center).

Here are some pictures of Jeff Turner’s bass:

Nellie

Two of Our Instruments Making Beautiful Music!

My heart soars like a Hawk !!!! I absolutely LOVE this performance from Peter Zay and Volkan Orhon!!! Peter playing my second cello, “Geneva 2.0” and Volkan playing my 35th bass which he owns!!!

HSBS Scrapbook

Moa Glimberg (far right) plays HSBS #11 with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra.

Moa Glimberg with HSBS #11

A lot of great UltraStealth news!! A pic from Broner McCoy of 4 UltraStealths in Chicago Civic Orchestra, a wonderful review from Mike Nigrin of The Buffalo Philharmonic (which can be found in our tailpieces/ reviews section) and a beautiful post from Miles Brown, Bass Professor at the University of Delaware.
UltraStealth tailpieces are Trademarked and Patented.

Love this!!! Three UltraStealth Tailpieces In performance!!!! Along with my 28th bass… first one on the left!!!
UltraStealth Tailpieces are Trademarked and Patented.

UltraStealths on tour with The Hong Kong Philharmonic!!!
All UltraStealth Tailpieces are Trademarked and Patented

Absolutely LOVE this!
Three of my basses in action tonight in NYC at the Lincoln Center with the American Ballet Theatre !!!

From Ali Cook:
There's nothing like the #quintangofamily... and everyone is welcome 🎪🤭
Thank you for the photo, @rchrdbltzr 🫶 and thank you to #texas for welcoming @quintango ☀️🔥🎶
btw, that gorgeous bass was made by @threlkeld.chris

So great to see Blake Shaw on the cover of Little Village magazine last week!!! Blake is sporting a lovely suit and his bass is sporting a C Horse Endpin!!
Blake is an incredible musician and wonderful human being. Get out and see him play if you get the chance!!
C Horse Endpins are Trademarked and Patent Pending.

A great message from Tiffany Kung at the Aspen Musuc Festival about the growing popularity of UltraStealth Tailpieces!!
UltraStealth Tailpieces are Trademarked and Patented.

Love this message from Zachary Marzulli!!! Zachary owns #47 on the right along with Avery Weeks on the left and Jake Gerritsen in the middle.
All have UltraStealth Tailpieces on their basses!!!!
UltraStealth Tailpieces are Trademarked and Patented.

I LOVE getting these messages from HSBS bass owners!!!😂😂
First a note from Zachary Marzulli on stage with with the New York Philharmonic. Mark Lillie #32 (Josephine) and Zach #47 (Brittany) pictured. Nina Bernat, an incredible musician who graduated from West High here in Iowa City is pictured with Zach and Mark.
Also in the new David Geffen hall were #23 owned by Isaac Trapkus (Issac won his audition on 23), and #30 owned by Rion Wentworth, #34 and #37 were commissioned by the New York Phil.
#37, the “New York Bill”, is dedicated to my mentor, Bill Collings.

And great reviews from New Orleans from Dave Anderson and Paul Macres on #54, “The Missle” dedicated to my friend Joe Missle.

More great news from NYC! Milad Daniari will be performing as a soloist in the New York premiere of Tan Dun’s Bass Concerto WOLF TOTEM, with Maestro Tan Dun himself conducting The Orchestra Now!
Milad says "I hope to see all of my lovely NYC folks for this incredibly unique concerto which showcases all of the virtuosity and lyricism that the bass is capable of. I’ll be performing on my gorgeous new bass #39 made by Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand pictured here" HSBS #39 is dedicated to Draylen Mason.

Have you Heard?

Rion Wentworth, Blake Hinson, and Isaac Trapkus played HSBS basses on the recording of John Williams' cello concerto with Yo-Yo Ma and the New York Philharmonic.

The original motion picture soundtrack to the 2019 Joker movie includes Troy Rinker on HSBS #3 and Dave Romano on HSBS #1.

Brendan Kane (HSBS #10) and Troy Rinker (HSBS #3) play on the original motion picture soundtrack to the Coen Brothers' 2010 True Grit remake.

Troy Rinker (HSBS#3) and Dave Roman0 (HSBS #1) played with Billy Joel in the last concert in Shea Stadium.

Dave Romano played HSBS #1 on tour with Barbra Streisand.

HSBS Dedications

Many HSBS basses are dedicated to Chris' family, friends, and other inspirational people. While we don't have images for everyone, we want to introduce you to some of these amazing people.

Descriptions are mostly from my (one of Chris' sisters') point of view.

Please enjoy Chris playing his composition of Blackbird

Enzo was born 5/19 - one whole day (more like 6 hours) early!

Family pic with Gibson too! Enzo and Gibson are true buddies.

Enzo wearing a Grateful Dead shirt from his Grandpa Jeff AKA Pops.

We took our first family vacation to Holland, MI and of course Enzo loved the playground at the beach!

Enzo turns 2 during COVID-19 social distancing. We had family and friends drive by to honk and wave while we were outside!

Enzo hanging out with his Pops.

Enzo loves to be outside - no matter how hot it is. This was a visit to Pioneer Village at Scott County Park.

Enzo getting so big and starting to outgrow his crib. There are tall people on both sides of his family (especially Uncle Chris!) and we think he won't be an exception.

Enzo turns 3 during COVID-19 social distancing. We took a nice family walk and of course we had to stop for ice cream at the neighborhood ice cream spot!

Fun at the park! We live very close to a park and Enzo loves to walk down and play.

Enzo playing drums while his Papa plays the cello on our front porch one morning.

Enzo and "My Friend Chicken" - we took a vacation to Colorado in September 2021. The AirBNB we rented had a handful of chickens that roamed freely. This one in particular seemed to just love Enzo. She would always stay near him and even got into the sandbox! He still talks about "My Friend Chicken" months later!

Happy Halloween 2021 from firemen Enzo and Gibson.

Family picture at the pumpkin patch. It was our first time taking Enzo and he loved to walk around the field and sit on the antique tractor that was on the farm!

Jerry was born in Berlin, Germany to Walter and Annemarie (Cassirer) Loewenberg. After the Nuremberg Laws deprived the family of citizenship, they emigrated to New York City in 1936. He graduated from The Bronx High School of Science in 1945 and continued his education at Cornell University where he earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in government.
From 1953-1969, Jerry taught in the department of political science at Mount Holyoke College. In 1969, Jerry, Ina, and their two children moved to Iowa City when he joined The University of Iowa as a professor of political science. He served as department chair and for eight years as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In 1992 he returned to teaching until his retirement in 2003. He continued teaching courses at the Iowa City senior Center until 2018.

Draylen Mason, 17, was killed by the Austin bomber on March 12, 2018. Draylen was a gifted musician who played with classical orchestras as well as mariachi and jazz bands. He was also a phenomenal human being—a sweet, positive person who went out of his way to help others, whether they were friends, teachers, or orchestra mates. His talent was prodigious, his spirit infectious.

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