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.

The Lillo Salerno Cello 2025 is a contemporary workshop instrument bearing the label “Strumento di bottega – Salerno Lillo – ex cremonensis fecit anno 2025” and numbered LS 2025-04. Italian-born Lillo Salerno trained at the violin-making schools of Cremona and Mittenwald before establishing his workshop in Pforzheim, Germany, in 2005. His instruments blend traditional Italian and German violin-making influences, making this 2025 cello an appealing modern instrument with strong European craftsmanship credentials.

Key Features:

• Maker: Lillo Salerno

• Year: 2025

• No.: LS 2025-04

• Type: Workshop cello

• Training: Cremona & Mittenwald

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.

SOLD 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 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 Léon Bernardel Cello, Paris 1928, is a late-period French instrument bearing the label of Léon Bernardel (1853–1931), numbered 1108, and featuring a 2200 back. Bernardel was a respected Parisian luthier from the celebrated Bernardel family, trained by Justin Derazey, and worked with Gand & Bernardel Frères before establishing his own workshop at 40 bis Faubourg Poissonnière. His instruments continued the family's distinguished French tradition and were frequently inspired by Lupot and Stradivari models.

Key Features:

• Maker: Léon Bernardel

• Dates: 1853–1931

• Year: 1928

• Place: Paris

• No.: 1108

• Back: 2200

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 Helmut Illner German Cello 2003 is a handcrafted instrument made in Heroldsbach, Germany, bearing its original SIR – German Handcraft label and Helmut Illner’s handwritten signature. A specialist cello maker associated with SIR (String Instrument Research), Illner gained international recognition following distinctions at the 1992 Manchester International Cello Festival, including “Best of Sound” and “Of Merit.” This 2003 cello represents his mature craftsmanship and specialised approach to modern German cello making.

Key Features:

• Maker: Helmut Illner

• Year: 2003

• Place: Heroldsbach, Germany

• Workshop: SIR

• Label: Original & signed

• Awards: Manchester, 1992

Louis Noebe was a German cellist who studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and played in several orchestras. He became a solo cellist and later established a workshop for creating violins, violas, and cellos. He improved violin making and developed the System Noebe, which increased the vibrations of the cello. He was also a German violin maker whose clients included famous musicians. He innovated in piano construction and developed a four-part coupling pedal in 1893. Today, his former residence is a listed building, and the Bad Homburg Municipal Historical Museum bought a violin by Louis Noebe for its 100th anniversary in 2016.