Cello - Edgar Russ, A.Stradivari "Mara", Cremona 2002 Marco Dotti This lightweight clamp is ideal

This lightweight clamp is ideal for holding a top in place on the Bassbar fitting Ring while adjusting the bassbar

It is amber oil varnished and a great example of my craftsmanship from the 90ies

But during a school visit to the Cremonese violin making school “Antonio Stradivari

and exactly for this reason I still feel to be the winner

The nice wooden box closes with a magnet to protect the precious rosin and is very accurate in it's make

Cello - Edgar Russ, A.Stradivari "Mara", Cremona 2002 Marco Dotti This lightweight clamp is idealThis is one of the few Stradivari "ex Mara" cellos I made. Few, because in late 2002 when I visited Carl Becker in Chicago, Carl gave me the advice to make my future cellos shorter and larger to obtain a better sound. Indeed once back from the US I modified this specific mould which became my "fat Mara" I used a lot in the coming years. It somehow happened that I could have this specific cello back a gain since the previous owner changed it to a 7 8