Cello: Brief Description — VSL
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“Classification
Chordophone, necked lute, stringed instrument. Tenor and bass instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello)
Head
Scroll and pegbox maple
4 side-mounted pegs (ebony)
Neck
Length: 28 cm, fretless fingerboard made of ebony
Strings
Length of the vibrating strings: 68–70 cm, 4 strings, tuned to intervals of a fifth. C2, G2, D3, A3. Material: gut, silver, copper, aluminum, steel, nylon.
Bow
Length: 71–73 cm. Bow stick made of Pernambuco wood; point, adjustable frog. Shorter and heavier than the violin bow.
Mute
Comb-shaped device made of metal or maple which damps the vibration of the bridge.”