This cello is a commission from a player who heard one of my cellos that belongs to a former pupil, and decided to approach me with a view to commissioning an instrument. She was interested in a slightly smaller cello. I was able to show her a couple of models, and we settled on this one, which is an adaptation I made some years ago of a lovely small Andrea Guarneri. The original is quite wide and chunky, particularly in the upper bouts, so I narrowed it slightly to make it easier to get round. … [Read more...]