"Sandra Beane" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I am not one who notices brand names of cellos. I listen for the sound. >But my student has been trying out new cellos. She has a Klaus Mueller. >She doesn't like it so much. She went to try out cellos and ran into a >Carlo Robelli. She says she likes it better but is worried the only >reason she likes it is because it is new. Does anyone know of a good >"brand" of cello? or if indeed the Robelli is a better cello? you should go to cello.org and post this same question on their instrument forum. When I bought my cello, name meant nothing as I simply bought the nicest sounding cello I could afford. I should tell you I did try some more expensive ones, but thankfully I liked the sound of the one I ended up buying, and felt good knowing that I would be paying at least five times the price for a cello that sounded noticably nicer than mine. Christopher Carrigan [log in to unmask] http://chillyday.ca