albertus bekker

violinmaker

76 seventh street

linden, 2195

johannesburg

south africa

phone: (0)829035832

e-mail: albertus@bekkerviolins.com

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This is a long term restoration project to save a beautiful French Charotte-Millot cello.

French cello restoration

Here are some of the projects recently completed or currently on my workbench.

I am building a cello inspired by the famous 1673 ‘Davidoff’ Stradivari cello as played by Jacqueline du Pré.

This beautiful Paul Bailly violin had an unfortunate broken neck.

‘Davidoff’ cello

Paul Bailly violin button repair

workbench

A photo gallery showing the process to restore a german cello. The project included fixing several cracks, edge replacement, a patch and peg hole bushings.

German cello restoration