Michael Szyper Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Hi there! I was wondering about the standard width of a cello fingerboard at the nut. Weisshaar Book says 32 mm for 4/4 cellos. The Peter Goodfellow article says 30 mm. What would you recommend as a start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I use 32 mm, and I also don't hollow the sides as I would with a violin or viola fingerboard. Reasons: I want the added strength, and the normal cello hand position when playing doesn't have any part of the hand up against either side of the fingerboard anyway, so the difference between 30 and 32 is pretty transparent to the player, except when they are using the neck as a handle to move the instrument around. Do I qualify for a run-on sentence award? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael K. Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Looks like 31mm couldn't be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael K. Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 https://adb963df-8225-4461-8d0d-cf0f69ea5755.filesusr.com/ugd/fdad7c_675ad58364f9468cbb7af280be98229f.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Szyper Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 Thank you guys for the great input. Helps a lot. 39 minutes ago, David Burgess said: when playing doesn't have any part of the hand up against either side of the fingerboard anyway I thought it might have an impact on the string spacing at the nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 3 minutes ago, Michael Szyper said: Thank you guys for the great input. Helps a lot. I thought it might have an impact on the string spacing at the nut. It doesn't need to. My default is 22 mm, center-to-center of the A and C. What does Goodfellow recommend for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Szyper Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 57 minutes ago, David Burgess said: It doesn't need to. My default is 22 mm, center-to-center of the A and C. What does Goodfellow recommend for that? Unfortunately I could not find this information in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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