Garibaldi Cello Outfit

Are you looking for a good quality cello?

If you really want to improve your playing, or are just starting out, this is the right instrument for you. It’s great set up and good sound quality makes playing easier and more enjoyable.

Olaf has done a lot of research on the best instruments possible in that price range. He has tested each instrument for sound, quality materials and workmanship, and the Garibaldi is the very best value and sound you can get in that price range. The Garibaldi has been individually handcrafted in China by European trained violinmakers, and set up to professional standard by Master Violin Maker Olaf Grawert in Australia.  The Garibaldi has better timber, natural varnish, quality workmanship and a better sound than the entry-level beginner cello’s.     

Olaf has a lot of very talented clients playing on the Garibaldi and nearly every time the teachers comment on how much better they sound than everyone else. It is well within range for school cello students and beginners. It is a known fact that cheap cellos have in the past and still are diminishing the sound quality of school and youth orchestras as well as making playing no fun for young players.

Now playing can be fun without the huge outlay. With its fully professional set up the Garibaldi Cello is an easy instrument to play and a wonderful instrument to listen to.  You also get a quality bow a lightweight cello case with pocket for music and rosin, so you can start playing straight away.

You can also upgrade to a hard lightweight case for an extra $250.

Olaf Grawert Master Set-up

At Olaf Grawert Violin Studio we make sure that absolutely every instrument that is sold is fully set up and carefully checked before it leaves the shop. I often come across Instruments sold through shops that need to have up to and over $385 of work done just to be playable!! That is a risk not worth taking. Our instruments may cost slightly more than at other music shops, but you get hundreds of dollars extra value and the assurance that each instrument has been set up, played and fully inspected by a fully trained violinmaker.

• Plane the Fingerboard to a professional standard. This means that you will have a fingerboard that has the same shape as that of most instruments that you will hear in concert halls around the world.
• I will fit a professional quality French or German bridge crafted by a master violin maker with specialized acoustic knowledge to make the instrument sound the best that it can.
• Fit a professional quality soundpost to really bring out the rich tonal qualities. There is a reason that in many languages the soundpost is called the “Soul”. It takes a master to fit and move the soundpost into the right position to really make the instrument sing.
• I always fit the Instruments with great quality strings for that rich sound.
• Each peg is carefully refitted to make sure that if is very easy to tune the instrument using the pegs.
• The tailpiece is checked and refitted to make sure it is in the best acoustical position
• I check and recheck the string height and spacing to make sure it is absolutely perfect. It is only easy to play the cello when the string height is absolutely right.
• I make sure that everything about the bow works well.
• I always play each instrument and adjust it until I’m so happy with it that I want to keep the cello myself. I always try out the instruments far too long, because they are so much fun to play. This way you can be sure that when your instrument leaves my workshop, everything about it is perfect.

*important information regarding varnish and markings of products

Actual varnish and markings on each violin may vary slightly. This is due to the fact that every instrument is hand crafted and hand varnished.  Certain new instruments also have markings to give the instrument an aged and antique look.   If you would like to order an instrument, you are most welcome to contact us and we can provide photos of the exact instrument we are going to send to make sure you are 100% happy.