albertus bekker

violinmaker

76 seventh street

linden, 2195

johannesburg

south africa

phone: 0829035832

e-mail: albertus@bekkerviolins.com

The linings are glued to the rib garland

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I am building a cello inspired by the famous 1673 ‘Davidoff’ Stradivari cello as played by Jacqueline du Pré. I didn’t take pictures of the very first few steps including the making of the one-piece mold and the ribs etc, but I will try to document the building process going forward in more detail.

The outline is cut out using a jigsaw

The rough arching is done

The modified gouge for quick cutting

Cutting the purfling platform

The sorcerer's apprentice...

The purfling has been glued

A closer view of one of the corners

‘Davidoff’ cello

The purfling has been trimmed

Cutting the purfling channel

The outline from the ribs is traced on the back