Highlights from our Cello Collection
Each instrument is available for consideration.  Please contact us for a trial.
Cello by Claude Victor Rambaux
Paris, 1854

Rambaux was born in 1802 in Darney (Vosges), and died in Mirecourt in 1871. He worked with  Thibout at Caen, and Francois Gand in Paris before establishing his own workshop in Paris in 1838. This cello from 1854 has comfortable sloping shoulders, making it quite comfortable to play. The varnish is reminiscent of Gand with the deep reddish color. The cello is fully restored and has a rich, penetrating sound.

Price: $50,000

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Raymond Joseph Melanson
Rochester, Massachusetts ano 2008
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Ray Melanson is a violin maker living and working in Rochester Massachusetts.  After studying violin repair with Hans Nebel in the 1970s, Ray went to the violin making school in Salt Lake City, where he learned the craft from the late Peter Prier.  After Salt Lake, Ray was violin making instructor at the North Bennet St School in Boston. He taught at Bennet St for 4 years.  He has made hundreds of instruments and has won numerous awards, including Silver medal for tone, and Gold Medal for tone at the Art of Sound Competition.
 
This cello features amazingly well flamed maple, and a comfortable design that will enable players to get around on the fingerboard.
 
Price: $36,000

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Domingos F Capela 
Signed Antonio Capela above. Anta-Espinho Portugal 1975

Antonio Capela was born in 1932, in Anta, Portugal as the eldest son of Domingo Capela, a world renown violin maker and repairer. Antonio received a scholarship in 1961 while learning manual skills from his father, and went to work under the well known French lutier Etienne Vatelot. After a four month stay in Mirecourt, he studied at the International School of Violin Making in Cremona, under the guidance of Sgarabotto and Sacconi from 1964 to 1965. His violins won first prize in 1965 and 1969 in Cremona and in 1972 in Poznan, Poland.

His perspective on ideas and craftmanship has been broadened by his frequent contact with craftsmen in other countries. He has served as a judge for many international competitions, and he has been invited as a guest of honor to nations such as Japan and Russia. As he inherited his talent and training from his father, he carries on the tradition by teaching his son Joaquim;further strengthening the deeply rooted instrument making tradition, initiated by Domingo Capel
 
This cello was made in 1975 on a large Goffriller pattern. The condition is pristine, and the sound is rich and full.

Price: $32,000
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Michele Ashley
Cremonnenfis Faciebat anno 1990

Michele Ashley was raised in the U. S. and attended the violin making school in Cremona, Italy in the early 1970s. There she studied with the great masters G.B. Morassi and Pietro Sgarabotto, graduating in 1975. She worked with Mario Gadda in Montova where she made many instruments, finally moving to Boston Massachusetts where she established her shop. Her instruments have been in the hands of notable players worldwide, including Bonnie Hampton, Orlando Cole, Gjilberta Lucaj, and many others.

This cello was made in 1990 and features a dark plum colored varnish which she  used at that time.

Price: $32,000

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Pierre Marcel Series
​We have recently found a wonderful line of instruments labeled Pierre Marcel. These instruments come to us from Belgium. All instruments are available in several grades and models; we are particularly fond of the Master models #5 and #6 in both Stradivari and Guarneri shapes. All instruments are tastefully antiqued, and feature well flamed Bosnian maple and European spruce.
We believe that these instruments compare tonally with more expensive instruments.

Instruments range from $2500 - $10,000

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Andranik Gaybaryan 
Andranik Gaybaryan started playing violin at the age of 6 and continued studying violin performance at the famous Rachmaninov Conservatory of Music in Rostov, Russia. At the same time he studied violin making with famous Russian luthiers such as Araik Resyan at the Rostov Conservatory, Yuri Pochekin, and Vyacheslav Suprun in Moscow.

After graduating with an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance, Andranik Gaybaryan was invited to head the restoration department at the Rachmaninov Conservatory. Simultaneously, he taught courses on the history of violin making at the Conservatory and the Rostov-on-Don Art College.
During these years, Andranik worked with famous Russian performers to perfect the sound of his violins; his early instruments were highly praised by famous violinists such as Zakhar Bron, Sergey Sapozhnikov, Sergey Kravchenko and others.
In 2002 Andranik moved to Northampton, Massachusetts where he was able to tap into resources not available to him in Russia; he studied the works of Great Masters and worked with world-famous performers to further perfect the sound of his instruments. In both 2008 and 2009 he was invited to be a violin repair master for the Marlboro Music Festival. Andrew continues to be associated with workshop at Stamell Stringed Instruments of Amherst, Massachusetts.
Since he moved to the USA, Andranik Gaybaryan has been steadily gaining a reputation as one of the finest violin makers in the country. His instruments are in the hands of some of today's leading players including: Frank Peter Zimmermann, Vera Beths, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Julliard School of Music, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Moscow Conservatory , Gil Shaham, and others.
As a professional performer, Andranik pays special attention to the sound quality of his instruments. His perception of sound is enthusiastically shared by the world's leading musicians including: Gil Shaham, Vadim Repin, Roman Totenberg, David Soyer, Albert Markov, Kim Kashkashian, Oleg Krysa,  Michael Zaretsky and many others.
 
This cello was made in 2012 and is his opus 96. The pattern is elegant and refined, making it easy for the player to get around on the fingerboard.

​Price: $40,000
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