I Made A Cello

In this video, I build a working cello out of an old wooden box. Steps: 1. Intro 0:00 2. Buying hardware 1:44 3. Buying wood 3:03 4. Building the cello 5:05 5. Playing the cello 10:07 Random observations: - The scale length on a cello roughly 27.4" - If you're going to build a cello out of a box and you plan for it to be a four-string cello like mine, you should make it with a fairly narrow box, otherwise the outer two strings will be *very* hard to play. The box I chose was too wide. Ideally, the box should be no wider than the narrowest part of the cello (approx. 9 1/2 inches). The narrow parts are called the "waist" or "center bouts". - Cello necks are rounded to match for the layout of the strings. Mine is flat which means that the middle two strings are higher than the outer two strings. - When you buy a cello bridge, you really just buying a bridge blank–it comes with a square top that needs to be sanded into a point. It also needs to be filed down to be the right height for your cello. I did this with a power sander–not exactly a precision instrument. - Cello tailpieces are very long compared to the floating bridges on hollow body electric guitars and basses. The thing that connects the tailpiece to the end pin is called a "tailgut". - Ukulele tuners work better than you'd think with cello strings. We'll see how they last. - All classical bowed string instruments have sound posts–essentially a short wooden dowel that runs from the sounding boar to the back of the instrument. These are almost always located just under the bridge. I put one in my instrument, too, and it seems to help keep the body from caving in. - These are the cello strings I purchased: https://www.ebay.com/itm/CELLO-STRINGS-ONE-SET-A-D-G-C-FOR-4-4-3-4-US-SELLER/332781796704?hash=item4d7b573d60:g:pNYAAOSwhSVbhKyN:rk:1:pf:0 Support what I do on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dhilowitz Find my FILM & INSTRUMENTAL music here: https://davidhilowitz.bandcamp.com Find my ROCK MUSIC here: https://manwomanchild.bandcamp.com