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She's customizing the case to fit this smaller sized full cello and it will be arriving shortly here in Florida. Linda has a wonderful system to sort through bows in a relatively short amount of time. We then went through a lot of bows to match to this beautiful cello. It was totally fun! I ended buying the lovely 1777 Guadagnini replica, which does truly have a sweet voice. Even though I'm a fairly new cello player (a little over a year), Linda made me feel totally calm and helped with ideas for testing ranges and other information to help figure out what would work. It was a great evening in which I felt very comfortable trying all sorts of cellos in two size ranges.

I had the pleasure to meet with Linda in Santa Barbara on a cello hunt.

2019 (Kim flew in from the East Coast and purchase a Dimbath/Gill X7) I look forward to working with you in the future and I will send anyone I can your way! I had spoken with several other strings shops before coming to you and was often put off by snobbery and disregard for adult learners who want to play reasonably well just for the joy of it. Thank you for helping me move into this next level of playing and learning! As IвЂ™ve said before, I am grateful for your kind attention and guidance during this process. In addition, he played the cello and was impressed with itвЂ™s sound and playability, noted that the set up was excellent and appreciated itвЂ™s good looks. My instructor was thoroughly impressed with my progress. IвЂ™ve been able to play new and old pieces in a week that I couldnвЂ™t conquer on my old rented cello and bow. My playing has advanced leaps and bounds in just this past week. I find it extraordinarily easy to play and the bow is a dream. Well, IвЂ™ve had a week to settle in with my new cello and I must tell you that I am absolutely delighted! The description of the cello and the sound clip are very accurate. When that day comes, there is no doubt about it - we will be investing in another cello from Linda West. My son is growing quickly and I know another cello purchase will soon be in our future. In the process, they have earned our loyal support, our friendship and complete admiration for their customer service as well as their fine instruments. Not to mention, he thinks it is absolutely beautiful! Anne and Linda not only found my son a cello he adores playing but they took the time to educate me, get to know our family and help us through an unforeseen problem. He says that he loves its projection, its clear sound in the higher registers and the rich sound of the lower strings. Linda sent two additional cellos for my son to choose from - a Doetsch and a Dunov, both of which arrived beautifully packed and in perfect condition - and then we had another problem on our handsвЂ¦he loved them both! He ended up choosing the Doetsch and couldn't be happier with it.

I would have never asked them to do this but was so relieved that they offered and, to me, this offer spoke to their dedication to putting great instruments in the hands of musiciansвЂ¦even the youngest ones. When it became clear that nothing helped, I began to worry that we would have to accept the sound of this instrument until he outgrew - but Linda and Anne graciously asked me to send the cello back so that they could replace it. I got in touch with Anne (and Linda) right away and over the course of a week they guided us through various techniques to try to remedy the issue. My son excitedly unpacked the cello, began to play itвЂ¦and, to our dismay, we quickly noticed a sound on the A string that was very unpleasant. The cello we chose after several email/phone discussions arrived within a week and was so carefully packaged that it made it all the way from California to Ohio in perfect condition. Anne West replied with such detailed, thoughtful and helpful information that I knew at once I was in good hands. I kept coming back to the many glowing reviews about Linda West cellos as well as her knowledgeable posts on cello forums and finally decided to reach out by email. I looked online quite a bit and read reviews but felt nervous about purchasing an instrument without letting my son play it first.

#Karl knilling cello serial numbers upgrade#

My son is a passionate, but very young, cellist and when it came time to upgrade to a 1/4 size cello, I wanted to give him a step up from what the local rental shop could provide.