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Double bass
Object type Casualties/wars
Classification: NM3.10226
Description
English: Double bass of George Campbell, Kiwi Concert Party, WW2 double bass and orange canvas carry bag markings- named in ink on sides side 1 - a) illegible b) Campbell - Italy 1943 c) Phil Campbell - QLD 1989 side 2 - a) Campbell - Italia 1943 b) P. Campbell - QLD 1989 with accessories - 3x bows, one with hair; 3x packets of strings with enclosed leaflets; from pouch of bass carry bag - cloth with button attached; 3 packets of tone-filter stapled together.
Date 1943; 20 Jan 1945; 07 May 2012; Pre 1945; 23 May 2013
Dimensions

depth: 27mm
width: 131mm
width: 67mm
height: 20mm
length: 685mm
length: 178mm
width: 165mm
length: 1980mm
length: 108mm
width: 35mm
width: 63mm
width: 178mm
length: 178mm
length: 131mm
length: 625mm
width: 118mm
length: 735mm
length: 177mm
length: 178mm
width: 178mm
width: 165mm
length: 68mm
length: 1880mm
length: 177mm
width: 178mm
width: 660mm
width: 165mm
width: 36mm
length: 65mm
circumference: 143mm
depth: 400mm
length: 177mm
depth: 230mm
length: 113mm
depth: 25mm
length: 1860mm
width: 60mm
width: 40mm
notes: squashed
notes: has curve but measured straight
notes: body only
notes: folded
notes: 3 packets stapled together
notes: at widest point
notes: without rest
notes: with rest

notes: body to top of bridge (string holder)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2013.14.1
Place of creation Europe; Unknown; Faenza; Italy
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Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2013.14.1

Gift of Phil and Jillian Campbell
Notes Double bass of George Campbell, Kiwi Concert Party, WW2 George and his brothers Phil and Lew, of Paeroa, were all members of the Kiwi Concert Party. Their father, James Campbell, had been a bugler during WW1 and their mother a pianist, and the three sons all pursued careers in music, and played a significant role in New Zealand popular music during the late 1930s-1950s. The two eldest brothers, Phil and George, enlisted initially with the Air Force and were based in New Zealand, playing occasionally for Air Force station bands. In 1943, they, together with younger brother Lew were recruited for the Kiwi Concert Party by Terry Vaughan while he was home on furlough - George playing the double bass, Phil playing trumpet, and Lew playing piano and trumpet. On 20 January 1945 the brothers were performing at a 28 Maori Battalion celebration at Faenza in Italy, when the Germans began shelling. A roof collapsed and nine men were killed, among them, Phil, the eldest of the Campbell brothers. George was hit by shrapnel and his double bass damaged. This is believed to be the replacement instrument supplied by the Red Cross. It has no maker’s label but was named and dated by George. However the date "1943" suggests that it may be the original instrument, and that it was retained and subsequently repaired. Following the war George and Lew each continued with musical careers, and George continued to use the Red Cross double bass. In 1957 he was described as being “at the top among bass players” (Te Ao Hou, June 1959). It was later used, in New Zealand and Australia, by George's son Phil Campbell.
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