:rolleyes: Musicians!

Viola?

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I own 3 music stores in Las Vegas (www.kesslermusic.com).

The price you are being quoted is a pretty standard deal and is actually cheaper then the national average for Cellos.

When I rent a cello, I do them at $25 per month, with the first 2 months rent Free. I also allow 100% of the rent to go towards purchase.

Dave

My son has been playing cello for 12 years. He started with a half size. It happened to be his aunts who kept it along with her regular size.

And it makes a great deal of difference which instrument you get. To get the real benefit you should look for a private teacher. Ask the rental store to let you take a couple of different ones over several lessons and let the teacher see which one is easiest in getting a good sound. Otherwise take the instructor with you with the bonus of a nice dinner to try them out. (Many times it is just an adjustment to the sound peg that can make a big difference.)

A cello can be an investment. (I have 100,000 invested in three violins, two cellos and a bass and the Steinway.) But ALL of the instruments have increased in value.

As an example what a good instrument provides, my daughter's violin teacher asked her to play way up on the neck to see how bad the sound could be as he did so on his own violin. After playing the professor turned to my wife and said, "You gave her too good a violin."

If you are looking to buy and that should be after seeing if your child will want to continue, I suggest the Tulsa Violin Shop on Central in Tulsa OK of course. The owner is a cellist and travels to Europe looking for instruments.

Where do you live? 35 is okay, renting is good, setup is very important for string instruments. You need to make sure that the string height is not too high for her, and you don't want her to have too expensive a bow in the beginning because she will drop it when learning how to play a few times. If you are in kansas city, there are a couple of places I could reccomend, and I would be happy to meet you there to help you select an appropriate instrument for your child, as well as give you some tips on what to look out for in terms of poor setup, bad pricing, and the like. The size and setup are the most important because with the string family it is very easy for your kid to hurt themselves by working too hard. Tendonitis, carpal tunnel, back and neck problems are common.

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Got a vehicle with a big enough storage area to haul that thing around?


There's always room for cello.

yep ... gotta be kids who start the cello and then dump it around somewhere.


USED,USED,USED

YO YO MA!

Did you just say Yo Yo Ma?

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Q: What is the difference between a violin and a viola?

A: The viola burns longer.

LMAO

Thanks for the offer but I'm down in Springpatch and won't be up that way anytime soon.

Craigslist here I come.