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Thanks for most helpful advice❤❤❤

Thank you!

Linda you are the best!

Sure would have een nice if there were a CHART available with the optimum/necessary dimensions.

Thank you so much for the simple but thorough overview of cello measurements.

NOT boring. Not even one bit. Thank you for freely sharing your expertise. It's much appreciated.

Dear Sir I have been famished as to how to get a perfectly flush bridge foot to belly on my 4/4 size violin. I have tryed a dowel to tension the width of the bridge feet, I have tryed putting the strings on and tensioning the strings , I am still not able to get complete black foot print when using carbon paper to mark bottom of bridge feet. Can you help me get a. Perfect adhere to the belly or is that a myth? Thanks for any help your friend Chris in us. Thanks!😅

I like the use of the snooker score board as a bow holder.

Great video, I am a violin player that recently found a cello in a pawn shop. The cello was in great shape except for the bridge. The bridge had been broke, previous owner hot glue pop sickle Sticks over the crack bridge and painted it black. This made the cello non responsive. A lot of other things wrong with it. This video sure help on getting the cello set up. I could not see spending more money to have my Luthier set it up then the cello was worth.

Great video!

❤Tack så väldigt mycket! Jag bygger nu min cello nr 2. Du tar upp allt på väldigt kreativt sätt! Det är väldigt viktig info! Jag är enig i det mesta! Vänligen Hans

what a gentleman! wonderful professor..thank you,

Just starting with The chillo I learned a lot thanks

Thank you very much for a well paced guidance/tutorial. I'm just below the rank of complete novice and an old elec mech engineer with the only musical talent currently residing in my body being that I can load CD's into my stack system. I've always wanted to learn the cello and have started at a basic level cello. This presentation has been more informative in its 15 minutes than the last 2 weeks of TH-cam searches and viewings. Hope you are still in good health sir.

What an excellent, informative and clear video with the exact content I was searching for. I was hanging on every word. Huge thanks.

彼得老师，你的視频很精彩，看后获益很多。請問彼得老师，我的大提琴是3/4式，音柱長度應多厘米？另音色也不好，怎樣调教？谢谢分享你的珍貴技巧，向你致敬，come from Hong Kong。

28+40= 68 cm but many source told that the vibrating string lenght must be 69.5 cm it is confused me.

You are never in line for a bargain with a cello.

Not “boring” at all! Very informative. I have more of an idea of what is involved when I talk with the luthier about problems with my old cello. Thank you very much!

Not boring! Thank you!

Hello Peter, I wondered if you would advise on strings. My mother has decided to dabble with the cello after 50yrs. We have a primavera 200 and wondered what would work best; Jargar classic or D’Addario Prelude. We know the ones supplied with the instrument are not great and don’t want to end up with a harsh sound; thinking Jargar. Cheers

Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!

thanks queen

Really really helpful. Thank you so much. Loved the tips about the strings.

aww man. this is a breath of fresh air. NO ONE starts a video with who they are and why we can take what they say seriously. Thanks mate.

Take aways: 1. If you don't have a lot of money to buy a hand-built instrument then don't start playing the cello. 2. If you mention made in China you will be looked down upon 3. Why didn't the videographer just give us the pertinent measurements with diagrams in support. It would have saved lots of time.

Very Helpful. Thank you.

This video was not boring at all, on the contrary, it was one of the rare videos giving pure information without unnecessary wording. The information you provided is highly appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you for delving deeper into the matter Sir Vel, that differentiates your video from the mainstream.

Thank you so much for this video! I was wondering, is there a measurement to see if the neck is straight down the body? I recently had to have my top plate removed to fix a crack and now my strings lean too much tward the treble side. I believe my bridge is in the center from the f holes so I'm not sure what happened? Thanks so much!!

Not boring! So informative. Thank you so much

I use D'addario Helicore Strings which are the largest in versatility. The slightly thinner gauge & steel rope core allows me to have enough control over the strings w/ my bow.

My Cello is a 5 String Cello so it has a High E String added to it, it's made by Yinfente & I've replaced the friction pegs w/ Mechanical ones (which also allowed me to get rid of the fine tuners from the tailpiece) so that tuning it is even easier, restringing it gets even easier w/ a handy stringing crank.

I have a student cello. However I found I finger get tired easily. after some investigating, personally I think my cello get slow response when playing. I will need more power from both left hand and right hand to get sound stable and keep right tempo. What should I do? I am not sure whether this is personal skill issue or cello issue.

9:25 re: TH-cam "sketchy" agreed, but w/ reservation. Yes many have only basic value but there are of course some quality producers too. I, like you, have as years progressed, learned. And your years of real, developed knowledge are so very valuable I say bravo and thanks ever so for sharing, in my Savior, SS®

Just subscribed, #935. Six years post-production but oh well. Nothing to add just a thank you.

How length must be the fretboard?

Excellent recommendation video!

Thank you! And, "boring"? Not at all!

i appreciate your videos and advice! thank you! oh and i REALLY love that keyboard instrument in the background. you should make a video about it and the artisans that built it

i appreciate your videos and advice! thank you! oh and i REALLY love that keyboard instrument in the background. you should make a video about it and the artisans that built it

I saw for a new player just stick the bigger names like Jay Haide or Eastman Strings. Well-built. They use I assume decent quality spruce. Are hand-made. And sound fairly decent. Not all that different from $30,000 USD cello's IMHO. Honestly...I'm not sold on cello's made by "luthiers" (which really just means...smaller workshop...than a Jay Haide or Eastman Strings). No one has made a video proving to us a $30,000+ cello is that much better than a $3000 cello from Jay Haide (there are a few workshops in China that can make good cello's and violins). Perhaps you can make a video telling us why you think it IS worth spending $30,000 USD on a cello made in Cremona, Italy (e.g. by luthier Edgar Russ). Or Burnd Dimbath...etc. Ken Sullivan in California. What separates them from an Eastman Strings $3000 cello?

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very interesting to know how the measurements are so important. I have a cheap cello (saving for the forever cello) and surprisingly the measurements are nearly perfect.

Thank you for the video.

Mr Vel, thank you for your informative videos. I started learning to play a cello around 1995 and at that time bought a 1991 Karl Hofner cello made in Bubenreuth. It started out as a student cello but as time goes by and being the only cello I own, I have played it since then, on and off, until recently I retired and have more time to play. I find the cello sometimes okay with my playing ability and sounds okay (of course I am no expert on that subject) and sometimes I thought I could do better with the sound. And I keep thinking I may excel from a better and more expensive cello, is this correct thinking or should I get an upgrade on a more professional cello to raise my playing standard? Thank you for your response.

Thank you for sharing this information, I have just bought some very posh strings and intend to check the set up on my cello at the same time.

Dear Peter Val, my name is Daniel Sotelo and I worked inside the bicycle industry from 1967 till I semi retired in 2004. Though I do not play I've always had an ear and a passion of beautiful violins, cellos and their incredible exacting technology. So being technically good with my mind and hands I decided to become a luthier, by pouring thru books, videos, etc for nearly two years. My goal was not to build them, but how best to set them up to the point that several professional players depended and trusted my work to be very good. Your video was riveting as I got two very good points that have been a bit mysterioy to me until you explained it. That is the thumb fitting the crook and how the A string should be a bit farther away from the edge of the finger board. Great work. Thank You, Dan

I bought a student Cello,..used, And a Bridge and all the Parts.. I only setup my Guitars before.. And with your insight given here i might just manage to adjust my Instrument.. Thanks.

Good information thank you.