ISB 2025 Convention Presenter — Andrew Brown

Marylander
Andrew William Brown studied bass with Ludwig Streicher and holds a Ph.D. In
Music Acoustics. He made his first bass in 2015 and completed Nr. 6, his 3/4
Guarneri model, in 2023.

From 1991-2005, he made his living in Vienna, Austria as a
founding member of Salonorchester Alhambra, as well as playing opera and
contemporary classical music, pop and jazz. He worked in the violin shop of
Christine Eriks and his first tonewood acquisition was in 2003. He harvested a
premium spruce dating from 1803 from the Italian Alps, had it felled, milled
and shipped to Baltimore. Poplar and maple have been sourced from Europe,
upstate New York and the West Coast. His models include an enlarged copy of his
1878 Enrico Bajoni and the 3/4 Guarneri.

Andrew is the definition of “hands-on,” milling tonewood, brewing oil- and spirit varnishes, and machining his own bass tuners and other hardware. He uses impulse input admittance measurements to tune the top and back plates of new basses.