It's been busy summer in the workshop!
I am currently finishing a Peter Guarneri model cello, pictures very soon. I have also made three violas , all different sizes especially designed to have shorter string lengths and longer bodies, for clients. All have been very successful.
And here is a cello of the Guadagnini model that I have been wanting to build for while. These are relatively small for full size cellos, but none the less produce as strong and lovely sound as any. The original instruments are used by some of the most famous and best cellists around. They are very easy to play in such a handleable size.
The back length is 714 mm, 28 ¼ inches, as opposed to the Forma B model Stradivari at c. 755 mm, 29 ¾ inches. I really like this model. All Guadagnini cellos are more or less the same; most have fronts that wider at the top, often substantially so in his later work. The wood for the back of this cello is many years old, and I have stored it here for about 12 years.
This particular cello will be on display at my stand at the Amati exhibition, 1st and 2nd November 2015, i.e. in about weeks time, along with the latest violins and violas. Here it shows it's glowing ground coat, and is waiting for the beautiful outer varnish to be applied.
This is one of the smaller violas with he relatively shorter string length. It has a very lovely and unusual back with a strong and very sloping figure. It was made for a customer earlier in the year.
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