CELLO FOR SALE: $2000-$5000

• Ebony fingerboard and pegs, and 19.5” steel rod endpin with a graphic composite plug

• Wittner tailpiece with four fine tuners

• Set-up with D’Addario Prelude strings

• Inlaid purfling on front and back

• Attractive and durable impact resistant spirit varnish

• Laminated spruce top and laminated high figure AA grade maple back construction

• Top and back are hand-graduated to replicate sound quality of a carved instrument

• Outfit includes graphite composite bow and embroidered No. 1001 padded bag

Cello 1/10 – 4/4

• Parisian Eye Ebony fittings, Wittner tailpiece with a 4 built-in fine tuners, Aubert 14 bridge, and 21.5" Carbon Fiber Rod Endpin with a Composite Plug

• D'Addario Helicore strings

• Professional quality hand-applied spirit and oil mixed varnish

• Fully hand-carved medium figure Grade AA seasoned spruce top and flamed curly maple back that have been dried for 4-5 years

• Premium advanced student graduation pattern

MLS500
Cello 1/8 – 4/4 (7/8)

The Unattributed Chinese Cello embodies the artistry of Chinese luthiers. Skillfully crafted, these cellos offer musicians a harmonious blend of resonant tonal qualities and classic design, representing the expertise of anonymous makers dedicated to producing instruments of quality and playability.

• Parisian Eye fittings, with Wittner single fine tuner, Aubert 14 bridge, and 21.5" Carbon Fiber Rod Endpin with a Composite Plug

• D'Addario Helicore strings

• Professional quality hand-applied spirit and oil mixed varnish, shaded with a defined edge color pattern and light antiquing

• Fully hand-carved highly figured Grade AA seasoned spruce top and flamed curly maple back that have been dried for 4-5 years

• Advanced graduation pattern

Antonio Stradivarius
Named “forma buono” or “the good model” by Stradivarius himself, this cello form has served as the most replicated and popular cello since its creation in 1710.
MLS510C-S
1/4 – 4/4 (7/8)

Domenico Montagnana
A wider area between the C-bouts gives the Montagnana pattern cellos a broad and deep resonance with a bold yet tempered bass register.
MLS510C-M
4/4

Decorated Giovanni Maggini
Embracing the ornately stylized instruments of Giovanni Paolo Maggini from the early 1600’s, the Decorated Maggini pattern features double purfling complimented by an intricately carved design into the back plate.
MLS510C-DMG
4/4

Snow Strings exemplify a commitment to instrument making with their careful craftsmanship. Created with attention to detail, these strings offer musicians a harmonious balance of tonal richness and durability, reflecting a dedication to providing players with high-quality sound and reliable performance. This instrument is a used 4/4 Snow 200 Cello. Photos coming soon!

Old-world craftsmanship and materials come together in our Ivan Dunov instruments. Crafted from Carpathian tonewoods, they are hand varnished in the Eastman workshop. As an advancing student instrument, these cellos provide excellent sound quality and playability.

Does not include bow or case.

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Andreas Eastman model VL405 violins features a varnish that emulates the exceptional varnishes from master workshops in Markneukirchen, Germany a century ago. These workshops distinguished themselves by developing some of the best varnishes of the modern era, and we have employed their varnish recipes and techniques to achieve old world results.

· Finish: Antiqued Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: European or Chinese Spruce

· Back/Ribs: European or Chinese Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 2 Tree

· Fittings: Boxwood with Ebony Trim

· Available Sizes:4/4 - ½

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The First Real Step Up in the Eastman Cello Range

The Samuel Eastman VC100 occupies a clearly defined and genuinely important position in the Eastman cello lineup: it is the first instrument in the range to use solid, hand-carved tonewoods — and that distinction changes everything about how it sounds.

Below the VC100, the Eastman VC80 uses fully laminated (plywood) construction for both the top and back plates. That is a deliberate, intelligent choice for a true beginner instrument — laminated plates are virtually impervious to cracking, hold up against school buses, rough handling, and temperature swings, and produce a warm, even, accessible tone that gets a new cellist through the early learning curve. Vermont Violins loves the VC80 as a starter cello for exactly those reasons.

But laminated construction has an inherent acoustic ceiling. The VC100 removes it.

Hybrid Construction: Solid Plates, Laminated Ribs

The VC100 is what string instrument specialists call a hybrid cello: the top and back are solid, hand-carved wood — which means they vibrate freely, respond dynamically to bow input, and develop acoustically over time — while the ribs remain laminated for structural stability and durability.

This is a well-established construction approach in the student-to-advancing transition range, and Eastman executes it with exceptional consistency. The result is an instrument that is measurably more vibrant and tonally complex than the VC80 — more resonant, more responsive to dynamic variation in bow pressure and speed, and more capable of producing the range of tone colors that advancing technique requires.

Vermont Violins' specialists put it plainly: the 100, because it has carved wood, has a more complex tone. It is more vibrant than the 80 with the plywood. That assessment comes from direct playing experience with hundreds of instruments across the Eastman line — not from a spec sheet.

Who It's For: The Student Who Has Progressed Past Day One

The VC100 is not a first-day beginner instrument. It is the instrument for the student who has moved through the early learning stage — who has developed basic left-hand position, bow hold, and the beginnings of a reliable tone — and who is ready for an instrument that will reward their developing technique rather than plateau with it.

Students who enjoy both the visual aesthetic and the tonal response of the VC100 make a natural transition from their rental outfit into an instrument they genuinely want to practice. That engagement matters — the willingness to practice is not incidental to musical development, and an attractive, responsive instrument supports it.

Aged Solid Tonewoods — Construction That Improves Over Time

A key distinction between the VC100 and a typical budget student cello is Eastman's use of aged solid tonewoods. Wood that has been properly air-dried before use produces a more stable, more resonant instrument than green or kiln-dried material. It also responds better to playing-in — the progressive acoustic development that occurs as a cello is played regularly over months and years.

The Chinese spruce top, selected for consistent grain density, provides a clear and carrying tone. The Chinese maple back, carved in a matching arching profile to the top, reflects and amplifies the vibration of the instrument's body. The laminated maple ribs provide structural integrity against the dimensional changes caused by humidity and temperature variation — a practical durability advantage for a student instrument in daily use.

The genuine hand-inlaid purfling — not painted, but physically inlaid into a channel routed around the instrument's perimeter — provides a structural crack-stop as well as its distinctive visual refinement.

Fittings, Bridge & Varnish

Every VC100 ships with genuine ebony fingerboard, pegs, and fittings — a meaningful upgrade over the stained hardwood substitutes common in instruments at this price. The Despiau bridge is carved and fitted to the specific instrument, directly affecting tone quality, string height, and playability in ways that a factory bridge cannot match.

The high-gloss amber-brown varnish is warm, attractive, and durable — applied to enhance the wood's natural color while protecting against the surface wear that daily student handling inevitably produces.

· Finish: High-Gloss Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Laminated Maple

· Back: Chinese Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau

· Fittings: Ebony with Composite Tailpiece

· Available Sizes:4/4 - 1/10

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The Cello That Tells a Story

There is a threshold in a cellist's development where technique stops being the limitation — where the fingers know the notes, the bow arm has found its weight, and the player begins to ask something deeper of their instrument: Can you say what I am trying to say?

The Andreas Eastman VC200 is the answer to that question, at a price point that makes it genuinely accessible to the intermediate player ready to ask it.

Vermont Violins' specialists describe the VC200 this way: "Think about a cello that actually tells a story — one that can evoke an emotion in your playing. It has a little bit more complexity, a better set of harmonics to help support that." That is the language of real playing experience, not a marketing brief. It reflects what the VC200 delivers to the player ready to receive it.

The Acoustic Distinction: More Aged Wood, Fuller Harmonic Palette

The transition from the VC100 to the VC200 is not incremental — it is categorical. Where the VC100 is a hybrid instrument (solid top and back, laminated ribs), the VC200 is fully solid carved throughout: top, back, and ribs all hand-carved from solid tonewoods, with the added distinction that the wood used in the VC200 is more aged than in the VC100.

Proper wood aging — extended air-drying before use — produces measurable differences in acoustic performance. Aged wood is more dimensionally stable, which means the instrument holds its geometry better across environmental changes. More importantly for the player, aged wood is acoustically more mature: the internal stresses that new-cut wood retains have dissipated, allowing the plates to vibrate with greater freedom and produce a richer, more complex harmonic content.

The result is a cello with more tonal depth, more harmonic complexity, and more dynamic range than the VC100 — an instrument that gives the advancing player the acoustic bandwidth to work with more demanding repertoire and more nuanced expressive intent.

What "Emotionally Complex" Means in Practice

Vermont Violins' specialists are specific about the repertoire shift the VC200 supports: "If a student is starting to work on showpiece pieces — that's where the 200 really comes into its own. You can hear the more advanced literature with the 200."

This matters because cello repertoire at the intermediate level begins to ask the instrument for things a beginner cello simply cannot provide: sustained singing tone in the upper positions, dynamic contrast from barely-there pianissimo to projecting fortissimo, harmonic richness in double stops, and the tonal color variation between sul ponticello and sul tasto playing that makes a Bach suite or a Haydn concerto emotionally communicative rather than merely technically correct.

The VC200 delivers all of this — a quality that is directly why players typically hold onto it for five to ten years before considering an upgrade. Vermont Violins' direct sales history confirms this: the VC200 is not an instrument people cycle through quickly. It is an instrument they grow into and play seriously for years.

Two Patterns for Two Tonal Philosophies

The VC200 is available in both Stradivari and Montagnana patterns — a genuinely meaningful choice, not a cosmetic one.

Stradivari pattern: A slightly narrower body producing a focused, bright, projecting voice. Excellent upper-register clarity and ensemble presence. Preferred for orchestral playing and repertoire where articulation and line definition matter most.

Montagnana pattern: Based on the great Venetian maker Domenico Montagnana (1686–1750), whose original cellos command among the highest prices of any historical instrument. Wider body, deeper bass response, broader, warmer tone. Preferred by soloists working in the Romantic repertoire and by players who want a singing, carrying low register.

Vermont Violins can advise on which pattern better suits your repertoire, playing style, and tonal preferences.

European Spruce Option: The Highest Material Tier

The VC200 is available with European or Chinese spruce for both the top and back — and the European option represents a meaningful step in material quality. European spruce, grown slowly in the forests of Central and Eastern Europe, has been the standard for fine instrument construction for centuries. Its tight growth rings, consistent density, and acoustic responsiveness produce a tonal character — particularly in warmth and sustain — that differs perceptibly from Chinese spruce in the hands of experienced players.

The option to specify European tonewood in a cello at this price range is unusual and marks the VC200's genuine quality ambitions.

The Luthier Test

Independent luthiers — professional instrument makers and appraisers — who have handled the VC200 without knowing its price have assessed it as a professional instrument. That assessment has been repeated across workshops and studios. It is the most honest quality benchmark available: the instrument, evaluated blind, on its own merits, by people who know what professional instruments feel and sound like.

The VC200 passes that test.

Who Is the Andreas Eastman VC200 For?

For the intermediate player who has been playing 2–4 years and is beginning to work on more emotionally demanding literature. For the student approaching conservatory auditions who needs a reliable, expressive instrument that will not be the weakest element of their application. For the adult amateur who has re-engaged with the cello and plays seriously, and wants an instrument that can say what they are trying to say. And for anyone who has played a VC100 and wants to understand what greater harmonic depth feels like under the bow.

Five to ten years. That is how long Vermont Violins' customers typically play the VC200 before stepping up. At that rate of return, it is not just a great cello — it is a genuinely smart investment.

· Finish: Shaded Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: European or Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: European or Chinese Spruce

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 1 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Composite Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari, Montagnana

· Available Sizes: 4/4 - 1/8

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Albert Nebel celli provide famous quality at a modest price. These instruments are crafted from aged European tone woods. Each cello is hand carved and varnished in the Eastman Strings workshop.

· Finish: Antiqued Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: German Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: German Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 2 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Wittner Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Guarneri

· Available Sizes: 4/4

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This model combines all the benefits of master luthiers' plate tuning techniques with the special German-style multi-layer shaded spirit varnish. The result is a modestly priced master instrument with outstanding projection, tone color, and playability. The tonewoods are beautifully flamed European maple and premium spruce, enhanced by the luminous hand-applied varnish.

· Finish: Antiqued Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: European or Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: European or Chinese Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 2 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Wittner Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari

· Available Sizes: 4/4

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes

• Evah Pirazzi Strings

• Wittner Pegs

The Samuel Eastman model 95 cello is built with a fully carved spruce top, but it is finished with a hand-applied shaded varnish to give it a special antique appearance.

· Finish: Shaded Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Laminated Maple

· Back: Laminated Maple

· Purfling: Top: Genuine Hand-inlaid Back: Painted

· Bridge: Despiau

· Fittings: Ebony with Composite Tailpiece

· Available Sizes: 4/4 - 1/8

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes:

• Evah Pirazzi Strings On Violin and Viola/ Larsen A&D and Spirocore Tungsten G&C on Cello

• Wittner Pegs

• Professional Tonal Adjustment

Samuel Eastman model 100 instruments have become a staple of string programs everywhere. Outstanding features include aged solid tonewoods, genuine hand-inlaid purfling, genuine ebony fittings, and a glowing amber-brown varnish that is durable as well as attractive. These carved instruments, with laminated sides, provide quality of sound and craftsmanship to beginning and advancing players. Hand-carved from solid tonewoods.

· Finish: High-Gloss Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Laminated Maple

· Back: Chinese Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau

· Fittings: Ebony with Composite Tailpiece

· Available Sizes:4/4 - 1/10

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes:

1. Evah Pirazzi Strings On Violin and Viola/ Larsen A&D and Spirocore Tungsten G&C on Cello

2. Wittner Pegs

3. Professional Tonal Adjustment

The first model in our Andreas Eastman series demonstrates our commitment to utilizing quality tonewoods and expert hand-craftsmanship. This step-up model is of such high quality that some luthiers who have evaluated these instruments have believed them to be professional instruments with high price tags!

· Finish: Shaded Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: European or Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: European or Chinese Spruce

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 1 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Composite Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari, Montagnana

· Available Sizes: 4/4 - 1/8

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes

• Evah Pirazzi Strings

• Wittner Pegs

Players and teachers recognize the model 305 as an instrument with an outstanding tone and appearance. These qualities make it one of our most popular models.

· Finish: Shaded Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: European or Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: European or Chinese Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 1 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Wittner Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari, Montagnana

· Available Sizes: 4/4 - 1/4

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes

• Evah Pirazzi Strings

• Wittner Pegs

Old-world craftsmanship and materials come together in our Ivan Dunov instruments. Crafted from Carpathian tonewoods, hand varnished in our workshop in Beijing, China. These instruments provide excellent sound and playability.

· Finish: Antiqued Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: Romanian Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: Romanian Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 1 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Wittner Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari

· Available Sizes:4/4

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes

• Evah Pirazzi Strings

• Wittner Pegs

The varnish we use on our model 405 instruments emulates the exceptional varnishes from a century ago where a small number of master workshops in Markneukirchen, Germany distinguished themselves by developing some of the best varnishes of the modern era.

· Finish: Antiqued Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: European or Chinese Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: European or Chinese Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 2 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Wittner Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari, Montagnana

· Available Sizes: 4/4 - 7/8

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Each Premier Upgrade Instrument Includes:

1. Evah Pirazzi Strings On Violin and Viola/ Larsen A&D and Spirocore Tungsten G&C on Cello

2. Wittner Pegs

3. Professional Tonal Adjustment

Rudoulf Doetsch instruments are hand crafted by our master luthiers and are hailed by teachers and performers as some of America's best German tonewood instruments. They feature a highly select spruce top with maple back, sides and scrolls, and a hand applied antique-style, multi-layer spirit varnish. The result is an instrument that is professional in both appearance and sound.

· Finish: Antiqued Spirit Varnish

· Fingerboard: Ebony

· Top: German Spruce

· Ribs: Maple

· Back: German Maple

· Purfling: Genuine Hand-inlaid

· Bridge: Despiau 2 Tree

· Fittings: Ebony with Wittner Tailpiece

· Available Patterns: Stradivari, Guarneri

· Available Sizes: 4/4 - 1/2

The use of well seasoned and fine grained tone woods make this KCC R32C Cello and exceptional value. The superior materials used (eight year loft seasoned) enable the craftsman to put more effort into the detail of each KCC R32C cello made. This more detailed tonal work significantly increases the sound quality. The overall material and workmanship also increases the playability as needed for players that are advancing. They will find it take less effort to create the high quality sounds they are striving for. At the same time they will be encouraged to reach further and to develop new skills.

The tight even grained spruce used for the tops of this cello not only increases its sound quality and capabilities, but significantly adds to it exceptional beauty. The highly flamed maple back, sides and neck simply enhance this beauty.
The high quality German ebony fittings enhance overall reliability as greatly improves playability.

• Handcrafted by individual

• Traditional hand-rubbed oil varnish

• Well-aged tonewoods

• Rich, powerful tone

• Excellent playability

• Select tonewood

• Detailed graduations

• Highly flamed

• Exemplary craftsmanship

• Rich, powerful tone

• Ease of playability

• Handcrafted using traditional methods

• Highly flamed maple

• Rich, powerful tone

• Handcrafted European cello

• Loft seasoned tonewoods (six to seven years)

• Fine, even-grain spruce tops

• Nicely flamed maple back, sides, and neck

• Charming appearance

• Stunning sound and tone

• GVC setup includes Thomastik Dominant springs