Instrument Makers
Cellos are made by luthiers, specialists in building and repairing stringed instruments, ranging from guitars to violins. The following luthiers are notable for the cellos they have produced:
- Nicolò Amati and others in the Amati family
- William Forster
- Nicolò Gagliano
- Matteo Goffriller
- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
- Giuseppe Guarneri
- Domenico Montagnana
- Giovanni Battista Rogeri
- Francesco Ruggieri
- Stefano Scarampella
- Antonio Stradivari
- David Tecchler
- Carlo Giuseppe Testore
- Jean Baptiste Vuillaume
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