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cello

Johann Stüber

built in The Hague in 1931

A cello built by Johann Stüber in The Hague (Netherlands), 1931. A copy modeled after a Giuseppe Dall’Aglio instrument, with a label reading: “Copy after: Paolus Antonie Testore in Milan, 1740.”

History of this instrument

This cello was donated to the Musical Instrument Fund by a private individual in 2024. Chieko Donker Duyvis was the first to have the pleasure of owning it.

About the builder Johann Stüber

Johann Stüber was born in 1888 in Markneukirchen, among the violin makers who had settled there since the 17th century. He learned his craft from violin maker Otto Braun, a fellow resident of the town, and subsequently traveled to Berlin...

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