Cello - Edgar Russ, Francesco Ruggeri, Cremona 2026 spinimages=12 1/3 inch) thick in beech

1/3 inch) thick in beech wood

almost abundant in its outline

for Violin & Viola made by Stradpet

The reason is that the moving part of te fine tuner can't move properly in the slot of the tailpiece because the holes are not perfect perpendicular to the surface underneath

Its sound is strong and surprisingly big for such "small appearing" violin shape

Cello - Edgar Russ, Francesco Ruggeri, Cremona 2026 spinimages=12 1/3 inch) thick in beechThis is my very last violoncello, just finished, and I love it. It sounds exactly the way I wanted it to sound. You might wonder why I made a copy of the Francesco Ruggieri 1675. Simply because the best sounding cellos are based on Montagnana. Yet many musicians believe Montagnana means huge and oversized, so they exclude it from consideration. Searching for a new model with Montagnana's sound characteristics, I found the Francesco Ruggieri 1675