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
This Jay Haide cello “Vuillaume model” is made of top-notch European timbers. The intricate scroll detailing, f-hole carving, arching, and varnish patterns, replicate the unique traits of the great French luthier’s instrument, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.
Animato Strings have set up this cello with the highest-grade French bridge, Bavarian Spruce soundpost, and the best European Strings.
Jay Haide makes high-quality cellos from seasoned maple and spruce. There are five models to choose from, with options for beginners and advanced musicians. They are made from aged, top-quality wood for the best tone.
In 1992, Jay Ifshin, a skilled violin maker and owner of Ifshin Violins, an important violin shop in Berkeley, California, became frustrated with the inconsistent quality of the new instruments they purchased from suppliers. He believed that establishing a workshop to create consistently high-quality instruments would enable him to offer them at a more attractive price than anything he could buy through a supplier or directly from the maker. Haide Lin, Jay's shop foreman in Berkeley for several years, had already been trained as a master violin maker in Guangzhou, China, before coming to America to work at Ifshin Violins. Together, they set up the workshop and named it Jay Haide as a combination of their names. Customers still come in and ask to meet "Mr Jay Haide".
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.
The H. Émile Blondelet Cello, Paris 1923, is an early 20th-century French instrument bearing the label of Hugues Émile Blondelet (1875–1928) and numbered B 616. Born in Mirecourt, Blondelet joined the renowned JTL workshop at fifteen and became co-director in 1908. Known for finely crafted instruments inspired by Amati and Stradivari models, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1923, the same year this cello is dated. Its Paris provenance and association with Blondelet's mature working period make it an appealing historic French cello.
Key Features:
• Maker: H. Émile Blondelet
• Dates: 1875–1928
• Instrument: Cello
• Year: 1923
• No.: B 616
• Place: Paris
• Origin: France
• School: Mirecourt
• Early 20th century
• 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.
The 7/8 Amati-Mangenot Cello, Bordeaux 1932, is an early 20th-century French instrument bearing the label of Paul Amati Mangenot (1901–1966). Born in Mirecourt, Mangenot trained with his father, Paul Alexandre Mangenot, and the Laurent family before taking over Émile Laurent’s Bordeaux workshop in 1925. This cello’s comfortable 7/8 dimensions and historical French character make it an appealing choice for players seeking a mature instrument in a slightly smaller format.
Key Features:
• Maker: Amati Mangenot
• Dates: 1901–1966
• Size: 7/8
• Year: 1932
• Place: Bordeaux
• Origin: France
• Teacher: Émile Laurent
• Early 20th century
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.
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.
