Cello review Carbon fibre vs wood! $10k Mezzo forte vs Jay haide euro

[@alvingoh8469]

I bought the Mezzo Forte off their website and now eagerly awaiting delivery 😉

[@NeilCrapper]

What a delightfully affable chap you are. If only you weren't 10,500 miles away I would call in and buy new strings. Keep up the good work.

[@jbkstafford]

Funny. I was researching carbon cellos and found Richard’s review. He’s 200 metres away from my home.

[@jbkstafford]

…and I can testify to his affability.

[@Wasabi9111]

Hello from USA. Bought my daughter a 7/8 jay Haide based on your reviews. Ideallly I wanted to get a carbon fiber cello for her since it’s more durable. But they don’t come in 7/8.

[@trabouliste1037]

Maybe not 7/8, but carbon cellos are smaller than wood.

[@chas5131]

Would love to fly to Whitehorse and buy that Mezzo Forte, but I bought a Evoline Hybrid Mezzo Forte last week and I love it. The Evo model is around a third of the price and sound great.

[@jamesdavis7328]

Maybe somewhat tangential but the 2 prominent carbon fiber cello makers (Mezzoforte and Luis and Clark) make 5 string cellos. This was a factor that swayed me to go with Luis and Clark.

[@trabouliste1037]

L&C: better sound than Mezzo-Forte and five-string! Btw: Do you have any suggestion for a better E-string than Thomastik-Infeld Spirocore? I‘ve tried Larsen E-String, but it is inferior.

[@brianwolle2509]

the carbon fiber has it all except the wood sound. like you said

[@ggergg6423]

CF sounds good, but the wood cello sounds much richer/vibrant/diverse to my ears.

[@joanofsharc]

Wood 4:11 Fibre 5:53 Fibre 7:14 Fibre 8:23 Wood 8:54

[@hz3701]

As an autistic person, I LOVE your intro.

[@matthewmcdermit8744]

How much for the Jay Haide cello? It sounds good. With the carbon fiber cello, I had no problem with the three lower strings; however, the A-string sounds off to me. It is almost as unpleasant as fingernails on a chalkboard experience for me. I don't know what it is, but my brain registers: "wrong."

[@michelmailhiot4848]

Jay Haide for his wood sound:-)

[@cellomoore]

You are a good man

[@fair.]

bit late, but what the blue case to the right of him with the polygonal shape

[@robcat2075]

The wood cello sounds better than the carbon fiber cello, but the wood cello also sounds better than a wood cello. I've heard some A-list players playing some very thin and brittle-sounding cellos. I notice that neither of those cellos appears to have a wolf-note suppressor. is it not necessary on these?

[@richard_4675]

How much is the silver bam behind you? I want to buy one but they are expensive in the US

[@gregbarnes4083]

Hi there, what's the model name of the Mezzo Forte featured in your review? Many thanks and kindest regards

[@verak6058]

Probably the premium line. The evo and design line are both under 5000€

[@small_lama3309]

Hi Richard

[@rbodinnar]

Hi 👍