MAKING A CELLO | Roughing out part 1 | Ruggeri Model 

No need to edit the video, the long version is more representative of the amount of work and patience needed to do this job. Plus, the more is seen, the less you need to explain. Win win situation

@@Kelvin-ed6ce Thanks for your kind comment! I'm glad that you enjoy the full version :) I'm pretty sure though that there are some people who can't deal with watching over 30 minutes of it haha

Cello playing can't be learned in a short course, neither can being a Luthier, let's face it, if we're here watching this, chances are, we don't fit the short attention span theatre glitterati. 😁 I'm very happy you let the video go on for so long, its a lovely and intimate gift from you to us. Your work is exquisite, I hope to someday be as good at making guitars as you are at the violin family of string instruments. Shalom

@@johnholder4208 Thank you so much for your kind comment John! And I believe you're probably right in a way...the people who stay and watch definitely don't fit the short attention span haha. At the same time, I have to admit that I know that if my videos were shorter, I'd definitely have more views....But then again, I'm not looking for quantity of views here haha. Thanks again for your comment and stay well :)

And now I know why they cost as much as they do. Craftsmanship at its finest sir =)

You're very welcome! I'm glad to hear that my video on the arching process for cello making was helpful to you, especially as you work on your first cello. Carving the top and bottom of a cello can be a challenging process, but it's an essential part of creating a quality instrument. I'm happy to have provided some insights that have helped you better understand the process. Thanks for the comment :)

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it ;)

Thank you very much Jeffrey! It's nice to hear that enthusiasm!

That's a great question, and unfortunately I'm guessing that the answer is no, they don't know. Or at least they can't visualise it (which makes complete sense, if you asked me if I could visualise it by just describing it, I would probably get a wrong idea too!). Have you seen the process involved in the making of your instruments?

@@LucasFabro I've watched a few videos by Selmer showing some of the process of making their clarinets. There's a lot involved because of forging the keys as well as shaping, boring, and drilling the wood. They use power tools for much of that, but there is still a lot of hand crafting involved in the assembly and finishing. What I found most interesting is the wood (grenadilla) has to rest for years between steps. Apparently, it continues to change a bit after each step, so one must wait for the changes to stop or the instrument will never play in tune.

Thank you very much, that'd be an interesting addition hahaha. Unfortunately I know that with my lifestyle I wouldn't be able to take care of a pet, even if it'd entertain itself most of the time with the wood shavings :)

Sure! I guess that depends on what you actually mean by your question. The process to make a violin, viola and cello is very similar, however, of course that some measurements change and there are also a couple of very small details that are different. However, I'm sure that you'd be able to find/ask about all those things and manage to do so with the violin making base (after all, I think that's the way I did my first cello too haha). I'm not sure about your second questions though...it's the workbench one 🙃

Thanks for your message :) Lighting is indeed such an important part of this profession!! I believe I was using a 7/25 and a 6/18. At points (or in the next video) I’ll be using the 5/20. However a lot of people (and I used to do that too) use much bigger gouged for the initial rough out!

Hi! Thanks for your comment. This is a question I get asked a lot, so I'll copy one part of the answer from another time and try to expand a bit on another one haha. First of all, and the "simplest" of the answers, is an "ethical" one. What I sell (and my clients want) are handmade instruments. And at least for what I morally consider and interpret as hand-made (and what I think is generally accepted in Cremona as well) then the use of power tools for rough cuts would make it a non fully hand-made instrument. Or at least, as I mentioned, I wouldn't feel ethically correct at selling it as a hand-made instrument. Secondly (and the part that I'm copying from before), the use of something like a CNC would make an almost final arching or almost final thickness. In my case, I change each arching according to each instrument based on the characteristics of the wood. Some of these characteristics I can measure in advance, but many others I simply "discover" while I'm doing the rough out. This part of the process is what allows me to understand how the wood is and feels, which can change my mind on what shape of arching I want to make and how high I want it to be. Same thing applies for the thicknesses. If the wood turns out to be softer than I expect it to be, then I should make higher thicknesses, and a CNC wouldn't let me realise this. I think that if this part of the process wasn't important then factory made instruments would indeed be almost as good as professionally handmade ones, and that's certainly not the case. Hope you found the answers useful but please let me know if you want me to expand on the issue or if you have more questions!

Hi! Thanks for your comment, it helps the channel a lot :) The process in making both instruments is pretty much the same except for some small differences and measurements. So generally speaking I'd say yes, it's like making a big size violin; going into details I'd say it almost is haha

@@LucasFabro Thanks for answering, already liked and subscribed.

@@LucasFabro Do you haver any tip to make te wood softer while plaining it, um using a chisel to sculp the blocks but it's always so hard that i think about stopping for good...

​@@luiz3620 I'm not really sure which part of the blocks you're trying to sculpt, so it can be hard to tell. However, most of the times it's not about the wood itself, if not the technique used and the sharpening of the tools of course. When the tools have been properly sharpened, then there's no wood that's "too hard" :p (and in particular the spruce or willow used for the blocks).