Gary Karr - Foundations

Foundations

In 1967 Karr founded the International Society of Bassists (ISB), an organization devoted to the study, promotion, and advancement of double bass playing around the world. The ISB, with a membership of more than 3,000 double bass performers, teachers, students, and aficionados in more than 40 countries, hosts an international conference biannually to further these goals.

In 2005, Karr donated his primary instrument, the Karr-Koussevitzky bass, to the ISB. This instrument was gifted to Karr by Olga Koussevitzky, widow of Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951), in 1961. It is the intention of the ISB to make this valuable instrument available for use by double bassists worldwide. Until recently, the Karr-Koussevitzky bass was believed to have been made by the Amati family and hence it is also referred to as the Amati bass.

The non-profit Karr Double bass Foundation, which loans instruments to promising young double bassists to assist in their professional development, was established by Karr in 1984.

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