This 330 Year Old Cello’s Incredible Story! Johannes Moser explains!

[@JihoonKcello]

I’m not sure if this video is after Johannes’ hospital time, but i’m hoping he’s doing a lot better!

[@lindabarcelo5952]

Love the tone and how the Bach was played! ❤

[@starkeymorgan4142]

Speaks immediately. Thank you for sharing. I had both G and C pegs done this way. I was close to giving up the cello from pain, within a week the pain was gone. 4 years ago.

[@masumirostad]

Fabulous!

[@WoodaPeople]

Beautiful sound --- the cello seems to speak so easily. But anyone else freaked out over having this conversation -- with a 330-year-old cello i hand -- outside, street-side? (Cue car zipping past at 0.28 and gulls squawking at 4.40 ...)

[@masumirostad]

Ha! No cellos were harmed during the filming of this video!

[@deltasquared7777]

the instrument has a beautiful voice

[@magorzatakortmann8703]

Danke Johannes, thank you Masumi. That was very interesting!❤

[@FrankBell]

Excellent channel!

[@jenvogue5005]

I'll take a "budget" Guarneri any day!

[@masumirostad]

Haha! Yep, me too!

[@marichristian1072]

I'm glad that Mr Moser played a little of a Bach suite. I wanted to hear the tone without vibrato- which by definition is distorting. Loved your interview. Thank you.

[@masumirostad]

Thank you for watching!

[@jmsiqueiros499]

Wow!

[@masumirostad]

Glad you liked it!

[@AlamoCityCello]

Moser plays Bach beautifully! Nice ax too

[@charlesming7875]

Go visit Guy Johnston’s videos about his Tecchler cello. He’s commissioned a whole concerto for its tricentenary.

[@disqusrubbish5467]

Oh nice - the sound surprised me after your description.

[@masumirostad]

Thanks for watching. Do you mean my written description or our discussion in the video?

[@disqusrubbish5467]

@@masumirostad The discussion in the video. At 7:43 my take on what he was saying was that it would be a "smaller" sound, and maybe not as rich, but when he played it it sounded huge and rich to me.

[@masumirostad]

That’s great! Yes…

[@kate.entrena]

@@disqusrubbish5467 and if you listen to them live... ❤‍🔥

[@nigelhaywood9753]

So do you have to insert a key in order to tune the C string? I don't really understand how that works.

[@masumirostad]

Yep! This is what the tool looks like. You can keep in on your key ring or in your cello case. www.cellostrap.com/shop/p/stringvison-replacement-key-one-key

[@nigelhaywood9753]

@@masumirostad Thanks. That’s a pretty cool invention.

[@fergspotato162]

Is that an akusticus tailpiece?

[@aleksandarstojceski3139]

The muzak in the beginning?

[@masumirostad]

That’s Johannes playing the Walton Cello Concerto. I think he was feeling sympathetic to violists…

[@guidosc3470]

How could you frame a Video about a Cello so that we can't see more than the upper half of exactly that cello for almost all of the video ?! 😂

[@masumirostad]

Haha! It’s all about the suspense, right??

[@jrnumex9286]

diff in strings 1694 to now? calf gut, nylon?

[@masumirostad]

Check this video out…gut string Vs. synthetic with metal exterior windings… Sheep gut strings on a 350 year old viola?! Brian Chen’s got an authentic vintage sound! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZDUdoiNZqmDfqM

[@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan]

Aaah,.

[@MsCellobass]

METAL PEGS?! Who would be so careless to a cello that was made centuries ago and have the audacity to put put untraditional parts on it ?

[@ericoschmitt]

They did lots of experimentation back then, and there were plenty of metal gears on 18th century cellos. Many players nowadays are switching to planetary gear pegs, that look like old wooden pegs but have gears inside. I'm one of them. I'm heavily considering ordering a new cello in the near future with electric guitar pegs on it, because why not. Cheaper than Knilling planetary pegs, same result.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Flatwound Strings

[@argi0774]

The one and only thing that makes this cello great is that it is 330 years old. Otherwise, every master built instrument can keep up or outperform it.

[@masumirostad]

Ah, do you feel that age makes an instrument better? Also, how would you define a ‘master’?

[@argi0774]

@@masumirostad A master builder is someone who makes high quality instruments. That's not "my" definition, that's common sense. And of course, age does not make an instrument better. But maybe your relation to your instrument.

[@masumirostad]

Agreed. I hope we can also agree on Andrea Guarneri’s status as a uniquely outstanding and important luthier and also consider that, from 1690, his son Giuseppe (yes, del Gèsu!) was starting to do much of his work.

[@argi0774]

@@masumirostad Yes of course we can. Just keeping out the Voodoo.

[@violinmaker4271]

Lots of psychology at work when people hold an old instrument.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Beautiful tone, beautiful cello, but too much rubato for Bach.

[@dhouse-d5l]

How do we know Bachs fav cellist didnt play a bit of Rubato?

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@dhouse-d5lIt's not generally used for Bach. More for Romantic music.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

It's not part of the legacy for Bach. You can do it, of course, but then you have to bear the slings and arrows.

[@twoblink]

Why are we not inside? I almost want to give this video a thumbs down because I'm thinking a bird is gonna poop on the cello at any time.

[@masumirostad]

Ah, sorry! Happily, I can assure you that no cellos were harmed during the filming of this video!

[@twoblink]

@@masumirostad the cello sounds like the heavens opened up though. Lovely!!

[@charlesming7875]

Cellos are robust. Not so fragile you can’t stand outside. It’s lasted this long…