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Markse
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(6/12/01 12:53:07 pm)
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Cello
Design
Just got done reading an article in Acoustic Guitar concering
classical guitar design. Several of the luthiers mentioned that
design changes have to approaced in an incremental fashion because
classical guitarists are very conservative about such things. This
got me thinking about cello design. Is the present design "it" or
are there improvements to be made?
For example, these days
I'm playing alot of celtic fiddle tunes. It would sure be great to
have an "E" sting for this type of music. Another example, why not
have a cutaway on the "A" string side to better facilitate reaching
the upper registers?
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Laura
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(6/12/01 12:59:37 pm)
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Re: Cello
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I'm not an expert on acoustics, but I do know that the basic cello
design allows for better acoustical properties, ie larger sound,
more ringing tones, etc.
Laura
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drcello
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(6/12/01 5:19:44 pm)
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The perfect
cello
The Hill brothers wrote about Stradivari's cellos:
"We have
now shown clearly that the progress from the violoncello of large
proportions and light build existing in Stradivari's youth to the
modern form was a gradual one, the instrument being perfected step
by step during a period of fifty years. All the pupils of the Amatis
contributed more or less to that progress, but to Stradivari must be
awarded the credit of having created the most perfect form of
violoncello in existence: in fact, it was he and he alone who raised
it to that state beyond which no further progress has been made. We
cannot, of course, foretell what may happen in the future, but we
may emphatically say that no light task awaits the man who seeks to
make a real improvement on the violoncello as left to us by
Stradivari. In the case of violins the difference is less marked, as
the Amatis, Maggini and others all made instruments more approaching
his in point of merit."
My own opinion is that a specialized
cello for a special purpose may be constructed that will perform
better than Strad's standard, in a particular case. However, for
general all round perfection, I don't think we will ever surpass
Strad's design.
Marshall C. St. John
drcello@vei.net
Wayside Presbyterian Church
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Br
Martin
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(6/14/01 11:12:12
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cornerless
cello
I'm just starting work on a cornerless cello. It's a normal size
cello without corners, so the internal dimensions are the same.
Cellos are very feminine in shape, and the cornerless even more
so...I think very pretty. I've thought about it for a long time, and
recently someone has introduced a carbon fiber cello with this
design and that's pushed me over the edge. You can see pictures of
it in most of the magazines.
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drcello
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(6/14/01 12:46:37 pm)
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url for
cornerless cello
The cornerless cello is from Luis and Clark. The url is:
www.LuisandClark.com/
Marshall C. St. John
drcello@vei.net
Wayside Presbyterian Church
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