1. Sheared Cello Neck
( General » Repairs )

... the inner part of the neck. Fit a piece of maple with the grain running vertically Glue the piece into the gouged out area. Cut the excess off Plane flat so that it matches the plane of the neck ...

2. Student Cello Rib Repair: Step-by-Step Plywood Fix
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  This student cello had a significant issue—a large hole in its plywood rib, with fractures spreading through its thin maple veneer. Given the instrument’s value, disassembling it for repair wasn’t ...

3. Raising the String Projection of Violin, Viola, or Cello: Solutions and Methods
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... the neck needs to be planed a little to make sure the neck is perfectly flat. Then you fit a matching piece of maple to the neck and glue them together. The next day you plane the wedge so that the projection ...

4. Cello Neck Repair: Fixes and Techniques
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... cellos do not have their necks fitted properly in the first place and they are not worth removing the neck and fitting pieces of maple or spruce, so I just flushed out the old glue, added new glue, aligned ...

5. Cell with hole in back
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... the curly maple back. I decided to repair the cello by removing the top because it's a little easier and safer for the instrument to remove the top and it's a little quicker so I can charge a little ...

6. Bass Rib Repair
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... carefully fitted together. (2) An interior patch is then fitted into the hole so that it covers the perimeter of the hole. This patch is made from maple that's about the same thickness as the rib. It's ...