German Cello by Helmut Illner - Goffriller Model. According to the label, it was made in 2004, just before Helmut Illner's retirement. This cello is handmade and hand-varnished with a balm mixture of red-brown. It is one of the high-level instruments made by Illner.
This cello is handmade and hand-varnished with a balm mixture of red-brown. It is one of the high-level instruments made by Illner.
Back, ribs and scroll are made of Bosnian flamed maple from the wood that has aged for 30 years.
The top is made of Bosnian Mountain Spruce, which is also 30 years old.
The dimensions are typical for the Goffriller model, with a bottom bout that is wider than most other models.
The sound is powerful.
You can read about the Goffriller cello that Casals used to play, which Amit Peled now uses. Click Here.
This Jay Haide cello “Vuillaume model” is made of top-notch European timbers.
Made of European timbers
Animato Strings Set up includes the following:
• Highest-grade “Despiau” French bridge
• Bavarian Spruce soundpost
• Best European Strings.
European Strings:
• A and D Strings: Il Canone (warm) by Larsen
• G and C Strings: Tungsten wound Spirocore strings
Recently SOLD Thomas Stoehr Master cello - to be set up. The price includes setting up that includes a Bavarian spruce sound post, the highest quality French bridge, ca $600 worth of strings, and a German Carbon Tailpiece.
• Use of matured, high-quality tonewoods
• Beautifully flamed Bosnian maple for the back, rib and neck
• Slow, evenly-grown mountain spruce is used for the top.
• Use Traditional Guild knowledge with modern technology to achieve a tonal optimum.
• Varnish is personally produced, following traditional recipes using only select resins.
• With loving care, each cello, such as this one, is given a special touch.
• Customers repeatedly praised him for the instrument’s light response and strong, full tone paired with the instrument’s inner melodiousness.
• Use of matured, high-quality tonewoods
• Beautifully flamed Bosnian maple for the back, rib and neck
• Slow, evenly-grown mountain spruce is used for the top.
• Use Traditional Guild knowledge and modern technology to achieve a tonal optimum.
• Varnish is personally produced, following traditional recipes using only select resins.
• With loving expert care, each cello, such as this one, is given a special touch.
• Customers repeatedly praised him for the instrument’s light response and strong, full tone paired with the instrument’s inner melodiousness.
French Copy of Montagnana Cello made around 1900. Domenico Montagnana is a Venice-based Italian luthier who was regarded as one of the most excellent violins and cello makers of his time.
Stoehr cello - to be set up. The price includes setting up that includes a Bavarian spruce sound post, the highest quality French bridge, ca $600 worth of strings, and a German Carbon Tailpiece.
• Use of matured, high-quality tonewoods
• Beautifully flamed Bosnian maple for the back, rib and neck
• Slow, evenly-grown mountain spruce is used for the top.
• Use Traditional Guild knowledge with modern technology to achieve a tonal optimum.
• Varnish is personally produced, following traditional recipes using only select resins.
• With loving care, each cello, such as this one, is given a special touch.
• Customers repeatedly praised him for the instrument’s light response and strong, full tone paired with the instrument’s inner melodiousness.
Achieving ultimate in substance, purity and melodiousness of sound.
• Use of matured, high-quality tonewoods
• Beautifully flamed Bosnian maple for the back, rib and neck
• Slow, evenly-grown mountain spruce is used for the top.
• Use Traditional Guild knowledge with modern technology to achieve a tonal optimum.
• Varnish is personally produced, following traditional recipes using only select resins.
• With loving care, each cello, such as this one, is given a special touch.
• Customers repeatedly praised him for the instrument’s light response and strong, full tone paired with the instrument’s inner melodiousness.
This Antique French violin was made by the famous luthier Jean Baptiste Colin at Mirecourt, Paris, in 1903, a superb example of a quality French instrument.
