i laughed so hard at the "i think its difficult to get 6 million for a cello... but i think we could get 5" :D btw rostropovichs old duport stradivarius is put at 20mil$
OMG that poor girl @1:36 right in the middle of the Rococo variations and PAM! she brokes the cello's string holder (sorry, I'm not a native american speaker; spanish "tira-cuerdas")
@xbasket12x good luck. Only 4 really really good ones in existence - one used by yo yo ma and one in the met, which i have seen. The other two are in various museums. But there are other ones still, just not as famous, btu still worth millions
@ViolinPro88 there are ~63 Strad cellos in existence today. A substantial amount of them is famous, mostly because of the people who played them. Feuermann, Casals, Rostropovich, and Piatigorsky all played on Strads at some point in their careers and none of those instruments are in museums.
@pyun123 actually, i think you will find that the strad that belonged to piatigorsky is in the new york met at present, as it that of rostropovich. they have an amazing musical collection and i saw it just the other day. so yes, they are in museums.
@ViolinPro88 im really surprised to hear that, the duport should be played, not in a box. what good is it to the world if you cant make music. i say give it to brannon cho or some youngster
HMM! My dad put a type of varnish, maybe something in between a polyurethane and normal varnish and it totally messed up my 160year old cello, to make it worse, he used a POWER DRILL with a round metal brush to forcibly remove it all off to the point that the front facing pretty much looked and had the texture of like "Ruffles potato chips". So then we totally loaded the front of the cello where the f-holes are with Formbys tung oil. It's still the best sounding cello I have ever played, LOL!
@celloprof The front of my cello is still rough,so currently I sanded the extremely thick 10 year old coat of tung oil so it is now somewhat smooth. I am still in the works of tung oiling it one last time. Oh&when I bought it,it had a off center sound post crack,2 holes,12 stress cracks,open seam&a really shitty paint job. I now have the feeling that my cello will cave in or something which is crazy after 10 years of playing it that way. Although I did put the bridge in the wrong place, YIYKES!
René Morel, quel trou de balle, ce mec ... Arriviste et escroc. Si le client ne s'appelle pas Yoyo Ma ou Starker, il le traite comme de la merde et lui soutire un maximum de fric. L'histoire d'un mec qui s'est exiler aux USA parce qu'il n'a pas réussi à Paris. Il a eu de la chance, il n'y avait pas de concurrence à NY quand il y est arrivé. Il est vrai qu'à présent il est devenu très bon dans son métier (quand même !)
Jackie Du Pre let me play this cello (The Davidov) when I was only 17! I almost didn't because I was shy but she insisted and I did and it was such a thrill! I am so happy Yo-Yo has it.
omg!! that guy when he was breaking apart that cello was absolutely heart wrenching!! i could only imagine would i do seeing that happen to my viola!! even though i only paid 1300 for it ...i dont think i would be able to watch!!
They obviously only smashed a few cheapies, but I understand what you mean.
Honestly, i'd probably mind seeing a baby bludgeoned to death rather than a old strad get destroyed. Well, on a video anyway, I don't think I could watch the baby in real life.
The internet is a world of thought and ideal, where things become mere concepts, and the concept of the beauty in music is of greater value then generic human life. In real life however, it becomes more involved in base instinct.
Poor analogy, a human being is of more value than a piece of wood, even if it's the last strad on earth. But that's a side thought.
An old instrument without timely and expert repairs would break much sooner. There is not one strad that doesn't have cracks or other extensive damage caused but 200-300 years of wear due to constant pressure and contracting and expanding of wood.
I am glad there are "surgeons" that are not afraid to take apart and fix something this delicate.
Human life in and of itself is of little value to me quite frankly. The desire to preserve the fellow members of our species is born out of an outdated evolutionary drive to preserve our species. Our number is over 6 billion, frankly we could use a little trimming down. I'm not supporting genocide since I don't want myself or those on the list, but the act of simply being born human does not give you some innate value.
it's human brain that creates arts (music, literature, painting, etc.), that discovers science and applies it...without human, everything would not matter.
but, i agree that there're too many of us. when there's overproduction of us, our value deteriorate and the quantity of sub-human rise.
The teacher actually had to pause the video and wait for me to stop laughing. I haven't laughed in school like that since that one day I forgot to take my pills!
I watched this in Strings Class with three other Cello players. They're expressions were priceless. I burst out laughing as I don't take the class as seriously as they do. Thankfully, I play the violin.
yeah, a five million dollar, very delicate, 300 hundred year old, pumpkin with priceless sentimental value. One hell of a pumpkin that you wouldn't want to mess up.
I play the violin, and if my instrument fell apart like that whilst I played for an audience, I think I would probably be aghast and faint as soon as the strings fall off the fingerboard. =]
Great video! Very sad for the girl playing in a competition. The jury just folds their papers away... next cellist please! I suppose it had something to do with the bridge, its shape looks pretty weird to me. That guy opening a cello better knows what he's doing! But it has to be done if you want to play this cello, otherwise it remains broken. My cello is 6 years old now and in perfect shape, no need to worry about aging yet.
Unless your instrument is worth at least a few tens of dollars, I'm sure that giving it to the old repair man will only do good to it (even if it's in perfect shape) :)
These repairs cost HUNDREDS of thousand of dollars sometimes...
True I haven't met him in person, or seen his actually work. However, explain this: How can you call a man who is respected by many professional musicians, and who repairs 4 million dollar instruments. Seriously, what is so great about you that gives you the right to give him such a demeaning title?
cus that's what he is now. i'm simply stating my observation. and he's only well known among some new york musicians. everyone else go to europe or boston. Yo-Yo Ma doesn't actually get his instruement fixed there. he goes to Switzerland and London. so like I said, i'm simply stating my observation.
Fair enough, I was just wondering why you made such a bold statement, that is all. Sorry for my ignorance. It can get us all into disputes from time to time. No hard feelings I hope.
HOLY CRAP!!!! I stopped breathing and almost died when 'the surgeon' was operating on the cello!!!!! And the cello breaking down when the girl was performing.. what a nightmare!
1:44 >>> My heart almost leapt out of my chest...Poor girl...
Even if I were to ever have a Stradivarius... (Hahaha.. fat chance!), I would probably be too scared out of my wits to so much as touch it with the tip of my finger.
oh my god, i'm so sorry. I checked again under stradivarius wikipedia on the net. It is still on loan to yo-yo ma. I could swear it was stated that it already belonged to him last time. I guess I must be dreaming. I checked it before on the chart under stradivarius wikipedia.
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Sorry Yo Yo. The soundpost does not transfer the sound from the front to the back; the ribs do. The soundpost keeps the torsion of the two plates in check creating either a bright or dark sound depending on the posts impedance on the movement. But I forgive you, haha.
You can think what you want. The sound post is not the transmitter of sound to the back. It 1) keeps the thing from collapsing 2) restricts the torsion of the two plates to give timbre. Read any book on the physics of the violin and you'll see. I suggest reading "The violin explained: components mechanisms and sound" (it's just a common misconception that it is the main transmitter of sound to the back
The base bar on the other hand is very important tp spread out the smaller vibrations from the e-string all over the top. And it also supports the lid. The sound post have a simillar task, but you are compleatlu right.
i laughed so hard at the "i think its difficult to get 6 million for a cello... but i think we could get 5" :D btw rostropovichs old duport stradivarius is put at 20mil$
Philboy50 5 days ago
OMG that poor girl @1:36 right in the middle of the Rococo variations and PAM! she brokes the cello's string holder (sorry, I'm not a native american speaker; spanish "tira-cuerdas")
parodycreator25 1 month ago
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parodycreator25 1 month ago
Rene A. Morel, RIP (1932 - 2011)
bascombe2 2 months ago
Doesn't Yo-Yo-Ma play Jacqueline Du Pre's cello?
Tears came to my eye 2:53
flipflops373 3 months ago
Hmmm.... I think Yo Yo Ma can play REALLY REALLY well with my 500 dollar cello.
federer4life 5 months ago
I could have watched this all day long.
CommodusSPQR 6 months ago
wow, this surgeon guy is like " here's a strad, and now this is a guarnerius..." man it's a FUCKING STRADIVARIUS!
thetechroom 7 months ago 2
it fell apart wow wait o go cheap immatations
maljuteka 11 months ago
I want a Stradivarius cello
xbasket12x 11 months ago
@xbasket12x good luck. Only 4 really really good ones in existence - one used by yo yo ma and one in the met, which i have seen. The other two are in various museums. But there are other ones still, just not as famous, btu still worth millions
ViolinPro88 10 months ago
@ViolinPro88 there are ~63 Strad cellos in existence today. A substantial amount of them is famous, mostly because of the people who played them. Feuermann, Casals, Rostropovich, and Piatigorsky all played on Strads at some point in their careers and none of those instruments are in museums.
pyun123 9 months ago
@pyun123 actually, i think you will find that the strad that belonged to piatigorsky is in the new york met at present, as it that of rostropovich. they have an amazing musical collection and i saw it just the other day. so yes, they are in museums.
ViolinPro88 8 months ago
@ViolinPro88 im really surprised to hear that, the duport should be played, not in a box. what good is it to the world if you cant make music. i say give it to brannon cho or some youngster
Mizzles240 6 months ago
:( I want that cello, not because of the price, just the sound :(
marcusyuguang 1 year ago
aw man, woody allen in the marching band. That's great.
krazycanuk 1 year ago
i almost died at 2:53
CelloMan3196 1 year ago
thats very intresting
leporello56 1 year ago
HMM! My dad put a type of varnish, maybe something in between a polyurethane and normal varnish and it totally messed up my 160year old cello, to make it worse, he used a POWER DRILL with a round metal brush to forcibly remove it all off to the point that the front facing pretty much looked and had the texture of like "Ruffles potato chips". So then we totally loaded the front of the cello where the f-holes are with Formbys tung oil. It's still the best sounding cello I have ever played, LOL!
celloprof 1 year ago
@celloprof The front of my cello is still rough,so currently I sanded the extremely thick 10 year old coat of tung oil so it is now somewhat smooth. I am still in the works of tung oiling it one last time. Oh&when I bought it,it had a off center sound post crack,2 holes,12 stress cracks,open seam&a really shitty paint job. I now have the feeling that my cello will cave in or something which is crazy after 10 years of playing it that way. Although I did put the bridge in the wrong place, YIYKES!
celloprof 1 year ago
I cringed to see him take that apart
irondawson 1 year ago
René Morel, quel trou de balle, ce mec ... Arriviste et escroc. Si le client ne s'appelle pas Yoyo Ma ou Starker, il le traite comme de la merde et lui soutire un maximum de fric. L'histoire d'un mec qui s'est exiler aux USA parce qu'il n'a pas réussi à Paris. Il a eu de la chance, il n'y avait pas de concurrence à NY quand il y est arrivé. Il est vrai qu'à présent il est devenu très bon dans son métier (quand même !)
delgesu1000 1 year ago
Jackie Du Pre let me play this cello (The Davidov) when I was only 17! I almost didn't because I was shy but she insisted and I did and it was such a thrill! I am so happy Yo-Yo has it.
cellochick56 1 year ago 3
That is Jackies cello! :)
musikgirl1 2 years ago
Ah, aged cellos. The older it is, the better it will surely sound.
MusicForTheSoul221 2 years ago
very simply there are far too many of you and not enough of me (joke)
Max3851 2 years ago
lmao who the fuck uses a cello in a parade lol
lester0091 2 years ago
Does anyone know, which song is playing Yo Yo Ma since 6:48? Thank you very much.
awer753 2 years ago
he's performing rachmaninov's cello sonata.
rgauntle 2 years ago
Rachmaninov 4. Allegro mosso
frdrcksncn 2 years ago
It hurt deep inside when they were stepping on the cello.
It hurt when the "surgeon" was taking the cello apart. I kept wondering "WHAT IF IT BREAKS!??!"
Penguines 2 years ago 2
1:54 fail
Mizzles240 2 years ago
weres that cello movie called?
crackersnsoup 2 years ago
omg!! that guy when he was breaking apart that cello was absolutely heart wrenching!! i could only imagine would i do seeing that happen to my viola!! even though i only paid 1300 for it ...i dont think i would be able to watch!!
tbloomlover18 2 years ago
They obviously only smashed a few cheapies, but I understand what you mean.
Honestly, i'd probably mind seeing a baby bludgeoned to death rather than a old strad get destroyed. Well, on a video anyway, I don't think I could watch the baby in real life.
The internet is a world of thought and ideal, where things become mere concepts, and the concept of the beauty in music is of greater value then generic human life. In real life however, it becomes more involved in base instinct.
Chefodeath 2 years ago
Poor analogy, a human being is of more value than a piece of wood, even if it's the last strad on earth. But that's a side thought.
An old instrument without timely and expert repairs would break much sooner. There is not one strad that doesn't have cracks or other extensive damage caused but 200-300 years of wear due to constant pressure and contracting and expanding of wood.
I am glad there are "surgeons" that are not afraid to take apart and fix something this delicate.
sasha42196 2 years ago
Human life in and of itself is of little value to me quite frankly. The desire to preserve the fellow members of our species is born out of an outdated evolutionary drive to preserve our species. Our number is over 6 billion, frankly we could use a little trimming down. I'm not supporting genocide since I don't want myself or those on the list, but the act of simply being born human does not give you some innate value.
Chefodeath 2 years ago
it's human brain that creates arts (music, literature, painting, etc.), that discovers science and applies it...without human, everything would not matter.
but, i agree that there're too many of us. when there's overproduction of us, our value deteriorate and the quantity of sub-human rise.
OldSchoolLad 2 years ago
except the messiah strad
hostilerosstyle 2 years ago
¿cómo se atreven a destruir un cello? ahhh!!! sentí horrible! :(
fercha90s 2 years ago
Which is the Woody Allen movie featured in this?
bcad0 2 years ago
Take the Money and Run...it is a classic!
paulandnan 2 years ago
Lmao he said slightly more expensive to play
Killaduck07 2 years ago
The teacher actually had to pause the video and wait for me to stop laughing. I haven't laughed in school like that since that one day I forgot to take my pills!
robertothomas0427 3 years ago
I watched this in Strings Class with three other Cello players. They're expressions were priceless. I burst out laughing as I don't take the class as seriously as they do. Thankfully, I play the violin.
robertothomas0427 3 years ago
ok im gonna get nightmares for a month cuz of the cello smashed................
*sniff* poor cello
i hope it was't real at all
monkeydog213 3 years ago 16
i nearly died watching that part. omgg.
flinched so hard...
immafatpig 2 years ago
@monkeydog213 it was haha
cello39mn 4 months ago
@monkeydog213 of course it wasn't real, it's probably a cheap cello.
lhrmeonom 1 month ago
a good light hearted video about a subject that's often dominated by a bunch of loud, stuffy old people.
wholtone 3 years ago
1:38 is just...OWNED.
xf0bprid3x 3 years ago
lol what if you make a little tick mark from your bow when you accidentally hit it with the metal end with your bow?? ohhh SHIT
CorruptedKorean 3 years ago
LOLOL stradss are a tad big pricey for musicians lololol
CorruptedKorean 3 years ago
... ouch. the womens string broke... oooo.. dang.. talk about scratch and cracks in the wood.
CorruptedKorean 3 years ago
ok i felt like i was going to cry when he was taking the top off the cello, i could never do that to mine.
BIgGuidojoe 3 years ago
watching morel take that cello apart made me feel really creeped out, didn't like that at all.
bachboy111 3 years ago
whose cadenza was that woman playing during the tchaik competition?
uxnosidda 3 years ago
Gendron
coldham2 3 years ago
My bass is an eastman and it's _____ years old.
treysiklist 3 years ago
opening a cello is like carving a pumpkin
theboyzzz 3 years ago
yeah, a five million dollar, very delicate, 300 hundred year old, pumpkin with priceless sentimental value. One hell of a pumpkin that you wouldn't want to mess up.
ihrtmusic12334 3 years ago 17
@ihrtmusic12334 Or leave in a taxi. But it happens. And that cab driver didn't really know he had 5 million dollars in the trunk.
TheZklim 1 year ago
and imagine the value today! :)
thanks for sharing... i totally forgot seeing this many many years back. brings back soooo many memories for me.
Faure45 3 years ago
I play the violin, and if my instrument fell apart like that whilst I played for an audience, I think I would probably be aghast and faint as soon as the strings fall off the fingerboard. =]
singinginachurch 3 years ago
what happened to the yo-yo's stradivarius?
the gift of jacquie?
sjmh280491 3 years ago
he's still got it.
vlightning 3 years ago
yeah, I don't think he *owns* it, just plays it? Mm?
johnspoon 3 years ago
1:44 O_O
mistralmaster 3 years ago
yah. That would really suck. Or even at 2:54.
DragonriderOfPern77 3 years ago
It always makes me want to throw up everytime I see someone pop the top off a cello - or any instrument for that matter.
And it is also so strange to see the cello all taken apart... *shiver*
Jorcello 3 years ago
lol at the girl's cello falling apart.
manofthehoff 3 years ago
lol devo
thearsonette 3 years ago
Actually, Yo-Yo Ma now on his two cellos made by Guadagnini and Domenico Montagnana.
adamsc723 3 years ago 2
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
moonwalker51292 3 years ago
Actually Ma does not play the Davidov Strad primarily. I think he mostly plays his Domenico Montagnana
cactusjuice5 3 years ago
she will be ok
zaokoyechatma 3 years ago
Great video! Very sad for the girl playing in a competition. The jury just folds their papers away... next cellist please! I suppose it had something to do with the bridge, its shape looks pretty weird to me. That guy opening a cello better knows what he's doing! But it has to be done if you want to play this cello, otherwise it remains broken. My cello is 6 years old now and in perfect shape, no need to worry about aging yet.
LMDraaijer 3 years ago
my viola is 60 years old, and god, the wood is so stressed, and its splitting, i expect it to brake in maybe the next 20 years. :( its a strad copy.
kyleclef 3 years ago
Perhaps you could send it to a luthier.
Or maybe the moisture in the wood has been evaporated.
singinginachurch 3 years ago
LOL, I love that he said he can't count!
duizda1 3 years ago 3
the cello breaking in tchaik competition is hilarious - just look at the jury!!
shafran100 3 years ago 3
OMG that poor woman's cello :(
MasterIsh91 3 years ago
What happened at 1:45??
She playing and then it just like broke?
Blakeandhisviola 3 years ago 2
Ouch.. Painful.. I can't imagine my cello undergoes that!! :(
pianisteugene 3 years ago
Unless your instrument is worth at least a few tens of dollars, I'm sure that giving it to the old repair man will only do good to it (even if it's in perfect shape) :)
These repairs cost HUNDREDS of thousand of dollars sometimes...
florinbaiduc 3 years ago
Anyone know where I can see the full cello video shown at 2:30? It was hilarious. Blowing into a cello... LOL
Mudkipboy123 4 years ago
It's from the Woody Allen movie "Take the Money and Run". There's a clip of it here on youtube somewhere.
violingrl007 4 years ago
ouch...watching the dissection was as painful as watching a bloody surgical operation.
duhhh86 4 years ago
1:45.....Whoa/...........never seen ANY instrument break that badly in my life.
Silverfind 4 years ago
I have never seen any instrument fall apart like that, at 1:45! Hilarious, yet so very sad.
dreamcrushed 4 years ago 2
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lol rene morel....an idiot then, an idiot now but now an idiot pervert
withcellist 4 years ago
and idiot? rofl let's see you try to open a 300 year old instrument. wow dude, how ignorant can you be?
Jangof3tt 4 years ago 2
dude, unless you've met him in person, or had your instruement fixed by him or seen your friends instrument that he fixed, don't defend him.
withcellist 4 years ago
True I haven't met him in person, or seen his actually work. However, explain this: How can you call a man who is respected by many professional musicians, and who repairs 4 million dollar instruments. Seriously, what is so great about you that gives you the right to give him such a demeaning title?
Jangof3tt 4 years ago 2
cus that's what he is now. i'm simply stating my observation. and he's only well known among some new york musicians. everyone else go to europe or boston. Yo-Yo Ma doesn't actually get his instruement fixed there. he goes to Switzerland and London. so like I said, i'm simply stating my observation.
withcellist 4 years ago
Fair enough, I was just wondering why you made such a bold statement, that is all. Sorry for my ignorance. It can get us all into disputes from time to time. No hard feelings I hope.
Jangof3tt 4 years ago
no hard feelings. =)
withcellist 4 years ago
HOLY CRAP!!!! I stopped breathing and almost died when 'the surgeon' was operating on the cello!!!!! And the cello breaking down when the girl was performing.. what a nightmare!
amunra02 4 years ago 22
Me too!!! I started hyperventilating and had a hear attack!! How could he do that!!!
Shinegurl4eva 4 years ago
A CELLO DIED! =(
blastbomb123 4 years ago
Oh god I was cringing throughout the whole 'dissection.' I couldn't believe the sounds!
sujinshin6291 4 years ago
i could never take an instrument apart especially a Stradivarius
doublebassman454 4 years ago
1:44 >>> My heart almost leapt out of my chest...Poor girl...
Even if I were to ever have a Stradivarius... (Hahaha.. fat chance!), I would probably be too scared out of my wits to so much as touch it with the tip of my finger.
darkcinderellaisabel 4 years ago
see the bow? it use to be my old violin teacher he plays the cello!!! over 40 years ago but return it but somehow sold to yo yo ma!!!
bill19962002 4 years ago
the marching band scene ... too funny for words
fiddlinmatt 4 years ago 4
The Davidov was not passed on to Yo Yo Ma.
It was purchased for his use,as he said.
musikgirl1 4 years ago
i read in a book that Jacqueline Du Pre passed it along after her death, but i could be wrong?
xXLeafXNinjaXx 4 years ago
Yes.
It was purchased by a person and he has use of it as long as he wants to use it.
I believe he talks about it here on youtube under Stradivari cello.
J
musikgirl1 4 years ago
He owns the Stradivarius now. The facts were changed on the net. it was loaned to him, but he owns it now.
hhhhhohhhhh 4 years ago
Where did you read this?He does play another Strad-maybe that is the one he owns.He did not inherit the Davidov.Point me to the new info-
thanks
musikgirl1 4 years ago
oh my god, i'm so sorry. I checked again under stradivarius wikipedia on the net. It is still on loan to yo-yo ma. I could swear it was stated that it already belonged to him last time. I guess I must be dreaming. I checked it before on the chart under stradivarius wikipedia.
hhhhhohhhhh 4 years ago
Not to worry hhhhhh!
Just enjoy the program-I loved it all.
Thanks,
musikgirl1 4 years ago
i cried at 2:57
guitarocker69607 4 years ago
YOYO MA!!!!!!
MaskguyEvan 4 years ago
the "surgen" 4:33 has balls
guitarocker69607 4 years ago
i really enjoyed that thanks
scottbos68 4 years ago 2
Very nice piece. Poor Virgil.
balbillus 4 years ago
1:57 that was priceless!!!
violaplayer1995 4 years ago
I think my soul died at 2:52-2:57.
Wolfsrain90 4 years ago 2
I think that Yo Yo was perfect to pass the Davydov Cello on to after Du Prés death, he's done it proud =)
TheTradge 4 years ago
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Sorry Yo Yo. The soundpost does not transfer the sound from the front to the back; the ribs do. The soundpost keeps the torsion of the two plates in check creating either a bright or dark sound depending on the posts impedance on the movement. But I forgive you, haha.
divinexbrutality 4 years ago
actually it does, the ribs do nothing but structural support
the big mistake he makes is when he is talking about the grain on the back he points along the flaming not the grain
mrn93 4 years ago
You can think what you want. The sound post is not the transmitter of sound to the back. It 1) keeps the thing from collapsing 2) restricts the torsion of the two plates to give timbre. Read any book on the physics of the violin and you'll see. I suggest reading "The violin explained: components mechanisms and sound" (it's just a common misconception that it is the main transmitter of sound to the back
divinexbrutality 3 years ago
The base bar on the other hand is very important tp spread out the smaller vibrations from the e-string all over the top. And it also supports the lid. The sound post have a simillar task, but you are compleatlu right.
090513102 3 years ago
sound post is the soul of the cello. it does magic for the sounds
asundor 4 years ago