Sheku Kanneh-Mason Gets His 400-Year-Old Amati Cello Serviced By Legendary Luthier Florian Leonhard
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Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason gets his 400-year-old Amati cello tuned by the legendary luthier, Florian Leonhard. The first tuning the A string lost it's 'resonance' after the tuning. Followed by a second attempt giving the instrument an all around robust nature.
More on the Amati and Kanneh-Mason:
"2016 BBC Young Musician-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has received a 1610 Brothers Amati cello on permanent loan.
The instrument was originally loaned to the 17-year-old for his performance in the final of the BBC contest at London's Barbican and for his Royal Festival Hall debut earlier this year through Florian Leonhard Fine Violins. The dealership has now facilitated the permanent arrangement 'with the help of a generous anonymous sponsor based in London.'
'I immediately fell in love with this cello in the Spring and I am thrilled,' said Kanneh-Mason. 'The cello has been bought and is on loan to me from a private collection. I can hardly believe that I can continue to develop my relationship with this cello, making the sound more completely my own over time. This is a cello that will grow with me and respond to what I need to express."
(read more: www.thestrad.com/17-year-old-...
As well as: www.florianleonhard.com/press... )
Florian Leonhard is the most luthier name I’ve ever seen in my life
And he LOOKS like his name also. What an intense luthier he must be.
How Sheku’s face lit up when the sound was to his satisfaction.
Well you can hear the A string resonating once more... before that the adjustment did not work and A was not resonating anymore, Sheku very kindly asked...
That was my favorite part. There are times when I watch him and others perform and ignore the music because their facial expressions show the sheer joy of what they are doing and sometimes I need that more than their music.
You know you've done well when your taking your instrument to this chap.
You know you've done well when you have this particular instrument.
you’re *
I didn't realize how much difference small shifts of the soundpost could make...
It did make a difference.
It's difficult enough to move the cello around and I wonder how often such adjustments are required.
I hope someone could come up with a more stable construction.
Think about a singer who has to tweak his voice through his mouth with an instrument.
glenn lopez well, it's been holding up for 400 years so I think it's fairly stable...:)
I suspect that all instruments could use a checkup and adjustment: stringed, reed, brass, drums. Everything changes over time and use. I'm hoping to find a good string bass luthier here on the California central coast but I'm retired and not in a big hurry. I figure that the more repair/adjustment videos I watch should help me understand whatever the luthier tells me when we finally meet.
@@edwinbond5995
It's nice to receive a reply with out malice.
I had no intention of down rating established methods of instrument building, and as a senior citizen; would not like immature shortcuts.
Please consider the equally tempered scale for keyboards.
Steinway, Bluthner, Yamaha and all reputed builders today use this system; without which there would be too many keys to search for. Same with fretted instruments.
There are some reputed cello makers who have the sound post somewhat locked and have capable players as customers as well as a long waiting list. I wanted to learn how this is done!
I am not against servicemen who know their job, but concerned about the musician s difficulties and reputation.
I prefer solid wood instruments as against laminated ones which you can take to the beach.
I'm talking about preserving heritage!
ikr
watching him work on that old instrument made me very nervous, but he did improve the sound.
Experienced luthiers are like experienced doctors, they are rough because they've been there a thousand times and are confident in what they're doing/know they won't hurt you
Anne Arsenault
Especially when he hit it with the tool!!
They have been doing this their whole life. I would trust them with the life of my violin. They know every adjustment, every nook and cranny that can fix it and make it sound better. I trust My Luther. He has also worked on Paganini’s violin so that makes me trust him even more
That smile when the sound is perfect ❤
This is the first time I get a real sense of how powerful this Amati cello is. This first bowing blew me away on how dynamic it was.
@Violin Accordion Gofrilla's - really great! Got a Forster myself, and it suits me.
I hope it will go another 400 years.
x1101126 it will unless one of its owners drop it, or it travels in a plane.
Wow, Sheku even makes tuning / trying out the cello sound like a performance; what a blessed soul!
Haha. I was thinking the exact same thing.
My biggest question thats always been circling my mind is how are these people getting instruments that are hundreds of years old?? Like seriously what hidden treasure vault they be getting them from?🤯
these instruments should belong to very very talented people, an instrument is supposed to be played, the more you play a cello the better the sound will be. Sheku Kanneh-Mason is one of the youngest most talented cellist so now the instrument is in the right hands ;)
@@unlimitedsky8506 No you're absolutely right, but it's like wow there's only like a few of these relics from the 3 major historical instrument makers left in the world, and it's always boggled my mind lol
These old valuable treasure instruments like the Strads, Guarneri Del Gesus, Amati, Gudaninin, and the like -- are usually owned by private foundations like the Nippon Foundation in Japan, various museums/library's like the Library of Congress, and often wealthy individuals who have certain instruments in their own private collection. These bodies decide to lend them in perpetuity to top performers.
When you are a top talent instruments are loaned to you by their owners. Did you see Alma Deutcher and her sister Helen, two little girls, who were actually allowed to play Mozart's personal violins? Wow!
My strad violin is 244 years old built 1776
Thanks for posting this!
It’s great that these old instruments are still being played and cherished . They are an important link to the past and should never be locked away some museum where nobody can hear them 🎻
BRAVO!
Far too many go into the isolated collections of wealthy collectors who use them as silent investments rather than instruments whose real value is in being played.
Thanks for share it with us. This is amasing.
This is a brilliant interplay between a master luthier and a musician intimate with his instrument.
Very nice resonance in the tone! It vibrates with a lot of life! The overtones ring through very nicely!
My little iPhone speakers have never vibrated like this
Lol
This luthier is also able to fix my $10 headphones.
Amazing cello. The Amati family trained Antonio Stradivari to make instruments! Sounds incredible.
You do have a real talent for playing that instrument it’s a shame that not all parents can encourage their children like yours can
I fell out of love with my instruments because my parents encouraged me a little too much. When I found my singing myself, my love for it carried on into my college degree and was the foundation of my professional career. It's the student, more than the parent, who must love making music, and for many - on their own terms. But yes - Sheku can play the cello like an extension of himself, and it's always a pleasure to hear it, here or otherwise.
Incredible team!
I want an Amati 😍😱❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ so beautiful!!!! Lucky him 😂👌🏻🎶🎶🎶
Shamsa Al Maktoum ikr
And there you see the reason I give my violin only to selected luthiers! Great showing of skills!
I like the way that Leonhard twice tuned it by just twisting the key, didn’t even have to check against the other strings, and the player accepted that it was perfectly tuned. Man, that is perfect pitch to the max!!
The last adjustment made the A string warmer. Daniel shafran played an old amati.
It would be amazing to have the history of every player of that instrument over those 400 years
I know, it should be engraved or on a tiny scroll inside or something. I'm sure there's paper work for stuff like that. Just like show dogs and their lineage. Ha! yes..I just compared this cello to a show dog. wtf.
Sheku is blessed with perfect pitch. You need it to get "a might be moody cello" to be in her/his aurally most scintillating form.😊 Wow! A master luthier too!!!!👏👏👏👏
i like they way he tuned it slightly after getting it back
Listening 400 years cello through youtube. Ooh my...
Two masters at work.
For some reason I'm feeling completely relaxed right now
Beautiful.
Why is this dude grabbing my interest like this...WTH LOL He's cool as a cucumber and so Humble
So smooth
I think I had a mini seizure whenever he played any note at all this sounds too beautiful
Amazing!
When Gordon Ramsey switches professions
YOU CALL THAT AN INSTRUMENT? YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE WOOD GROWING ON THAT THING
Fascinating! I used to play bass, but had no idea of the importance of the precise placing of the bridge.
Peter Brodie the luthier was adjusting the sound post
Daniel Fleming, yes, but that's in coordination with the bridge: one depends on the other.
Peter Brodie yes it is why some call the bridge the soul of the instrument
Daniel Fleming and that's what I'd never realised. Thanks for drawing it to my attention🙂
Plot twist, the notes werent off, the cello repairer just wanted a private concert hahaha
Brilliant!
Pure bliss!
Superb!
What a difference getting the sound post in just the right place. Makes me wonder how the original instrument makers came up with this stuff.
Both men are gifted.
They weren't given anything, they're talented.
He reminds me of a doctor listening for a heartbeat.
Made Sheku smile when it was adjusted to his liking
Super intéressant !
My jaw literally dropped a few times. What a lovely sound!
I like how he wears that apron, not to protect his clothes from his work, as in many other occupations, but to protect his work from his clothes.
Oooooo so deep
@@Matt-by3yd I didn't think it was deep at all, but I can see how a person of limited mental capacity, such as yourself, might think so. It's okay. I typed this slow so you could keep up.
This is an incredible Cello and one could not find a finer musician to play it. Sheku is my hero.
This luthier has an amazing *ear*.
I'm glad to see dilios got his eye back after the battle of thermopylae
Omg it basically plays itself lol
Bailey Beers , If you or I played it, it would sound like the noise a heavy wooden cupboard makes when being pushed across a wooden floor......aaaaaaarrrggghhh..lol.
Othman Hassan Majid nice cellos are nice
Indeed, there is so much knowledge, feel and skill required to make this instrument sound so good. When I'm watching sheku play it sometimes looks like he is resting his head against the neck to feel the vibrations the instrument is making, as if he is feeling the resonance and gauging the sound by it.
How do they get these old instruments?????? 400 years old!!!! That’s amazing!!!
Bowing near the bridge for power but nasal on any cello it's like playing a harder reed on a sax
Bowing that close to the bridge is always going to create a tough, slightly scratchier sound, even on a really good cello, with a very advanced player.
There's a lot of noise in the audio signal.
The smile said wow lol
Sheku se transforma quando toca
Remarkable
3:44 high level of surgery
Mr. Leonhard's amazing!!!
Мастер молодец, подтянул струну и точно попал в строй! И не надо ничего настраивать!)
Nice! It"s hilarious how small a 17th Century full size cello looks in Sheku's hands, he is a tall lad. Humans have evolved :) It almost looks like he is holding a 3/4 or 7/8 instrument!
What did you say caused the scratchy sound when he was playing? Something to do with the bridge on the cello?
Karen Ingram adjusting the sound post inside the cello.
How can I manage my cello it needs to be fixed
The most triky job ! See you at mondomussica Heavy Lion!
So why, with such a great instrument, have these adjustments only just been made?
Gratidão, o poder de um instrumento!
E de um luthier muito mais...
Not regarding the instrument I found the Luthier's black shirt/sweater really smart, is that sport related ?
Does anybody know what song he was playing at 4:35 ?? if he even was playing a song... but if he was let me know because it was beautiful
Concludety Do you know the name?
No crap Sherlock
I think he might have just been playing random notes to test the strings, but because he’s so talented it sounded beautiful
oh to have a cello that is as loud as this one... mine has a large crack along the seam at the bottom so almost all of the tome disappears
This guy looks exactly like a mix between Jaime Lannister and Patrick Stewart.
How about John Denver and Harrison Ford?
what was that at 1:40...
???
3:30 the look he gives when you play off tune lol
Where is this at what state or country?
Yes, Sheku (the cellist) is British. Florian, the luthier (viol builder / repairer) is German but now works out of his shop in New York, USA.
If only MD's could do this.
Did they make finger boards that long 400 years ago??
who else is watching this after youtube recommended it and you know nothing about cello's
Not me. I literally searched "black cellist" and this video was in the top 20 or so results.
Seems incredibly cavalier to do it on his lap. I've set many a soundpost in violins and it's easy to ding the f holes.
I'm sure he knows what he's doing.
@@WinrichNaujoks That's right; he does.
Mycel he’s a “legendary” luthier, I’m sure he’s better at this than you are
@Mycel it's like watching a master chef work. I can follow a recipe to the letter, measure everything out, time it to the second, and it may not turn out anything like it does in the cookbook. Yet, a master chef doesn't open the book, doesn't measure anything or look at a clock, and their food is absolutely amazing. The experts work on their own level.
W.O.W.
Did he just hit the cello with his tool?!?
Why i cannot close my mouth while watching the video..?
Was this filmed inside of the shower?
When your name is Luthier Florian Leonhard, you're automatically gonna be a legend
My banjo goes to Eleven!
#CelloBae and the Luthier!
Wider vibrations? What on earth does that mean?
You just answered your own question
If its so old why is it better than the new ones.... aren't we getting better at making instruments?
A lot of the really fine craftmanship is lost through out the ages. It's hard to get really, really good wood today. Wood that have been drying for 50-100 years before the instrument maker even gets his hands on it.
When a cello is played for years, the sound of the cello will get better. It’s kinda like breaking in a horse, but it takes ages. Plus old cellos are so gorgeous.
Honestly, experts disagree. Some that thats you really cant hear the difference...
I wonder how much of the instrument is original and unaltered. Maybe just the back and ribs?
lol at 1:40 he obviously wacks the back of the Cello with whatever he is holding
I mean actually from 17th centuries didn’t have endpins.
Oh god I can't imagine how the person who had to drill a hole in an Amati cello felt (for the endpin)
How much do you think that cello costs?
I read in some newspaper that it is invaluable. Strange, because I suppose the current owner bought it?
akia goldsmyth its priceless!!
akia goldsmyth lmao it’s in the millions- between 1 and 10
Probably at least £1000 my guess
Bruh, theres no way this is less than $1,000,000
Realizing how uncultured and unskilled I am lol
Listen my friend - the mere fact that you watched this makes you a very VERY cultured person. Don't put yourself down. Just listen to his performance of the Elgar Concerto of last years PROMS. and enjoy the music, because Beautiful Music uplifts the spirit, transcending all boundaries ---- creating a Better World. BTW this guy is coming to Australia in November and the promoter I am sure will invite me (we are friends) Alas, I am well past my UBD, octogenarian PLUS! Also check out the whole family! Amazing! Greetings from Australia. (hsoenario@gmail.com)
1:39 Legendary Luthier bashes the FUCK out of the cello with metal tool.
C'mon play something worth listening to....it's 400 years old ! you lucky duckeeeeee
Florian's hair tho ppl
Are you sure this is a 400 year old cello? The end pin never existed until the 1800s
The end pin can be added to any cello.
Hey Florian can you fix my violin? Pretty please!
Just kidding. It's a Lewis and about 45 years old. (My student violin, but the sound has improved with age!)
I wouldn't doubt he would improve it.
How does he afford a cello that’s like 600,000 dollars
As is explained in the description above, a wealthy donor has lent the instrument to him. This is a typical arrangement for virtuosos to get hold of priceless instruments like this. The instruments would start to deteriorate if no-one played them, so instrument collectors want virtuosos to play them so they keep their value.
Legendary luthier that knocks the neck and the F hole in adjusting the instrument?
1:40 I cringed when he mistakenly rapped his tool on the priceless cello
@@jamesdowell8758 It's done that way with violins. It allows for fine adjustment of the angle of the post setting tool to avoid touching the treble f hole with the tool. Don't know about cellos; there's more room to see inside there. Setting or resetting the sound post is an art; luthiers work in different ways.
Markus WX Right on
Scary Pumpkin I do think violins are a lot less clumsy feeling to set on your lap though
Lmao I’m a freelance cellist and I can barely even afford a set of cello strings once mine go... about $500 for a set
That's crazy, I play fiddle and my stings (steel/nickel wound) cost me near $60 . I haven't had them replaced in two yrs or so... Bout time to buy some
forget the cello. does he really need an apron for tuning a cello?
It's so he won't scratch it.
@@darkiee69 oh. didnt realize that. good to know though.
It’s also probably because he doesn’t just do these little adjustments all day long- he must make and repair instruments too
Maybe he waits tables in his spare time!👍🏿
Mycel I feel as if you don’t know what you’re talking about.