Stentor Conservatoire Cello Outfit

 The Stentor Conservatoire Cello is made from sold timbers throughout.

 The outfit includes the following;

Ebony fingerboard

Ebony pegs, saddle and top nut

Lightly figured maple on the back and sides

Solid carved spruce front

Shellax varnish

Alloy tailpiece with integral adjusters

Good quality wood bow

Lightweight hard case

Professional set up

Above price is for full size outfit, also available in 1/4,1/2 and 3/4 sizes which are priced differently, if you are interested in the smaller sizes, please contact us.

Cello set up
There is some misunderstanding about what this means or can mean. To some, it means standing the bridge, tuning the instrument and rosining the bow. This is not what it means to us, our set up does the following:

Sound post (the small cylinder of wood that stands inside the instrument)
The old factory sound post is removed and a new high quality post fitted accurately. This allows the instrument to be acoustically responsive as well as supporting the downward tension of the strings on the treble side.

Bridge
This is thinned and shaped to allow the vibrations from the strings to be transferred into the top efficiently. The feet are also fitted accurately to the instrument top.
The curve on the top of the bridge is set correctly to allow clean bowing of the inner strings and at the same time the height above the fingerboard is set.

Top nut
Strings are evenly spaced at the correct overall distance apart and the strings are set at the correct height above the fingerboard, this allows the players fingers an even amount of room to 'stop' the strings cleanly.
Lastly the string slots are graphited to allow ease of tuning.

Saddle (where the tail piece gut or nylon passes over the instrument back edge)
This is smoothed and the height adjusted if necessary.

Pegs
Often pegs are not perfectly shaped,which can lead to problems tuning the instrument. We remove the pegs, re-shape them as necessary. After that they are re-finished then fitted precisely into the peg box using a reamer. Before final fitting, a compound is applied to the pegs to allow firm but smooth movement for accurate tuning.

Fingerboard
This is shaped correctly so that the strings can vibrate freely without rattling against the fingerboard.

Bow
We clean the hair first before applying some good quality powdered rosin.

Enhanced set up
We also offer an enhanced set up which includes all of the above plus fitting a new high quality bridge and if required high quality branded strings (usually Larsen or Jargar) which allows for the best sound production of the instrument.  Cost is usually an extra £70 plus the cost of strings which varies. Please contact us for further information and prices of strings.