What are cellos made out of?

Find out what cellos are made of in this informative article from Johnson String Instrument, New England's largest and most complete violin shop, providing the highest quality instruments and accessories to violin, viola, and cello players at all levels of expertise. read more

What Cellos Are Made Of Although cellos, over the years, have been made from a variety of materials, wood is still the predominant one. But the woods from which a cello is made vary, depending on the quality and the maker. read more

The main part of the cello is made from wood. The top is made from spruce and the back, sides and neck are maple. The purfling, which are the the decorative lines around the edge, usually made of tiny strips of wood, or just painted on. read more

The cellos of Stradivari, for example, can be clearly divided into two models: the style made before 1702, characterized by larger instruments (of which only three exist in their original size and configuration), and the style made during and after 1707, when Stradivari began making smaller cellos. read more