instrument
cello
Guust François
built in Amsterdam in 1999
A Baroque cello, built by Guust François in Amsterdam in 1999. Based on a model by A. Amati from 1572.
History of this instrument
In 1999, the Musical Instrument Fund commissioned Guust François to build this Baroque cello. Funding was provided by the Duikverzwaring Foundation. Marjon Minderhoud played the cello for many years. Lidewij Faber also played this Amsterdam-made instrument for some time. Currently, Jorge Municio Corcho is the lucky owner.
About the builder Guust François
Guust Francois was born in Teteringen in 1956. From 1978 to 1982, he trained as a violin maker under Francesco Bissolotti at the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria in Cremona. Together with fellow students, he then ran a shared workshop...
