cello
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
built in Paris in 1866
A cello built by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume in Paris, 1866. Opus 2620.
History of this instrument
In 2021, a private individual loaned this cello to the Musical Instrument Fund. The cello had been in the possession of a professional cellist and cello teacher for decades. She felt that this cello deserved to be played intensively—something she herself was no longer doing. Hence the decision to offer a talented cellist the opportunity to play this beautiful instrument through the Musical Instrument Fund. Thomas Prechal was the first to play the instrument, followed by Gustaw Bafeltowski. Isaac Sam Lottman is the current lucky cellist who has the Parisian cello in his possession.
About the builder Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
In September 1867, ten years before his death, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume wrote about the violins, violas, and cellos he had submitted that year to the Great Exhibition in Paris; “I exhibited two quartets that embody everything I know, in...
