Thursday, July 26, 2012

Greg's Cello Restoration

I completed the repair of this cello. The neck was broken at the base of the old scroll and the neck was broken out of the instrument destroying the button at the top back of the body.  The button had been repaired before and was mutilated beyond usefulness.   I morticed in a new button tab from inside the back of the instrument, removed the bass bar, added support (cleats) to a bass bar crack, replaced the bass bar over the cleats, replaced the top and installed a new neck.  It was quite a project but a joy in that the instrument was my brother's high school instrument!  Please click on the link below to view the restoration process

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDDj77B0fcQ&feature=em-share_video_user