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When s4 and I moved into our new place and were searching for a storage locker, there was one without a lock on it with a cello in it. I'd always assumed it belonged to a tennant, but I checked with the sorta kinda caretaker- my friend and coworker J- who says the old owners of the cello moved out years ago, and I should take it before someone else does. Awww, yeah.

I'm excited, but I've no way of knowing if this thing is at all in working order. String instruments aren't at all my expertise (all I know about them I know from orchestration class), but I've always loved cellos and maintained that if I learned another instrument, it'd be the one. Anyone have any advice? Karlyn? r4c? pied piper? Unfortunately, I didn't find a bow with it.

I don't even know what size it is, or how to tell. It looks as though it needs new strings- that's about as far as I can get. Hmm.

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Big score! That's awesome. Usually when you buy a new bridge it has to be fitted to the instrument by filing it down and shaping it to the contour of the fingerboard so the strings will sit at the correct height. I had this done to one of my violins (which I later broke at a gig and had to play a borrowed 3/4 size heh) but my cello was already set up when I bought it so I don't know how much that will set you back. Certainly a lot less than buying a new cello.

New strings are expensive! The last time I bought a set they were like $70-80 a set. I would say take it in and get it all set up and have them put new strings on it so you can have a functional instrument.