Here are some cellos with broken scrolls where I used my Inner sleve method.
This is a nice cello with an unusual scroll and peg box. This cello had been broken before and just glued with two pins on each side of the scroll. The difference with this scroll was the break wasn't near the nut but closer to the "C" string, plus the back side of the scroll was super thin and it had two long existing cracks running down the back of the scroll.
IMG 20220502 111436 922
IMG 20220502 112536 240
IMG 20220502 133314 558
IMG 20220502 133357 959
IMG 20220502 133500 917
IMG 20220510 100239 889
IMG 20220510 100335 468
IMG 20220814 133349 643
IMG 20220513 173528 619
IMG 20220513 173604 357
IMG 20220513 180402 638
IMG 20220516 104241 576
IMG 20220517 163149 382
IMG 20220518 085030 570
IMG 20220521 114904 924
IMG 20220810 171721 586
IMG 20220810 171745 191
IMG 20220814 133349 643
IMG 20220828 144936 274
IMG 20220828 145014 323
IMG 20220828 151758 275
IMG 20220828 151802 203
IMG 20220828 163111 965
IMG 20220828 165409 809
IMG 20220829 160724 433
IMG 20220829 160952 367
IMG 20220829 173506 086
IMG 20220831 161357 234
IMG 20220901 134736 422
IMG 20220901 135908 356
IMG 20220901 172345 888
IMG 20220902 134444 886
IMG 20220904 143257 997
IMG 20220906 173446 409
IMG 20220910 120824 146
IMG 20221001 123833 448
IMG 20221001 123851 936
IMG 20221001 123916 736
IMG 20221001 130541 334
This is a cello scroll repair. Not only did the scroll break off the neck but there were fractures on the checks of the scroll where you could tell the varnish had cracked. Although I could barly get the scroll to cheaks to move I didn't force them apart and just worked as much glue as possible into the fractures. Other shops wanted to do a neck graft. Here are the steps I used for my method.
IMG 20211204 131444 583
Oops, I can't find the before photo,
but this broken bass scroll shows how
this cello scroll was broken.
IMG 20211220 174412 230
IMG 20220103 170320 785
IMG 20220103 172825 951
IMG 20220109 150033 265
IMG 20220114 125843 076
IMG 20220114 130114 959-1
Since this was a bad break, It needed two layers of formed fiber and two screwed in pins under the nut. I believe the other shop's estimate was because they didn't want to repair the scroll unless they did a neck graft.
