OT help in buying a cello

[Greg Newell]

Don,
         I realize that the bow is an important consideration. I liken it 
to a set of hammers for a piano. What I'm most interested in is the nuts 
and bolts of the case as in soundboard/bridge design like the pianos we 
work on.

Thanks!
Greg



At 06:35 PM 2/17/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Greg,
>
>Make sure she has an excellent bow.
>
>Her teacher should be very involved in the process of selecting an instrument.
>
>Buy the very best instrument you can afford and it will appreciate over time.
>
>Strings are more like putting fuel in your car. A particular instrument
>with a particular bow may do well with a particular make of strings. Again
>the teacher should be involved.
>
>At 09:12 PM 17/02/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Greetings string playing members,
> >         I was hoping that perhaps someone on this list has had experience
> >buying, playing etc. cellos. I'm faced with the situation some of our own
> >piano service customer fret about i.e. purchasing an instrument for their
> >offspring. I'm having some amount of difficulty helping my daughter select
> >something within a modest price range (under $5,000). Seems I'm not too
> >interested in all the mystique over how the lacquers were applied and
> >whether or not it was in the sun or in the shade and on which side of the
> >grassy knoll. I'd like to get a feel for what in the construction of these
> >things makes one better than another and why. Like our own field there is
> >much that goes into setting up an instrument for use and what quality of
> >strings, bow, etc. makes the biggest difference. If anyone can help
> >quantify some of this for me I'd truly love to hear from you!
> >
> >Appreciatively,
> >Greg Newell
> >
> >Greg Newell
> >Greg's piano Forté
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>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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Greg Newell
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