Cello Neck Repair Cost

A cello came in today with the neck cleanly broken off along the grain through the foot just below the top of the instrument.

Cello neck repair cost. I can glue it back together at nominal cost and if it doesnt hold he hasnt los. Repair prices are all over. Cello neck graft by violin maker dmitry badiarov duration. What happens when fathers try to repair a broken cello neck.

A cello i looked at for a while had a very thin fingerboard and did not have a romberg curve which. Id guess it will cost at least 600 or more to fix and a lot more if it is a better cello as youll want it done by a higher end luthier. Neck install carbon fiber bars for rigidity bass 100 plus cost of fingerboard removalreplacement highly recommended if fingerboard is already off for any reason. I have no idea about the cost but i paid 190 for a new guitar neck back in 1994.

Badiarov violins fine custom made violins by violin maker dmitry badiarov 2832 views. Cost of cello repairs new fingerboard bass bar etc. A maple fillet has been added under the fingerboard to increase the angle at which the neck meets the body. A cello is devalued if it has a repaired bassbar crack 20 40 a repaired soundpost crack in the top 30 50 a repaired soundpost crack in the back 40 75 although any of the above repairs or any other repairs if done properly will result in the cello not being any weaker in the repaired area than before the damage occurred.

Neck graft scroll graft requires removing original scroll from a broken neck and grafting it on to a hand carved new neck varnish matching and transplanting original tuners. The owner has received a 3500 quote for a neck graft far more than the cello is worth. Replacing a violin neck. If cello repair is anything like guitar repair youll need a whole new neck.

This is a valid repair when the only problem with the neck is the neck angle and when the cost of replacing the neck isnt justified. How much would it typically cost to replace a fingerboard. Its not usually the sort of thing you can mend. Cost of cello repairs new fingerboard bass bar etc.

This makes for a difficult repair for jonathan simon luthier at huthmaker violins. I have done this repair many times on really cheap cellos where you glue the neck back in remove the fingerboard and countersink a bolt that goes all the way through to the heel then glue the fingerboard back. On top of that you are looking to pay as much for the repair as you did for the cello. I have to imagine a cello neck in 2008 would cost more than that.

It is a major repair and it may change the soundresponse of the cello which is why instruments with soundpost cracks have reduced value.