Cello Endpin Install
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- A quick instructional on how to replace an endpin assembly at the same time preventing the soundpost from falling when removing the strings and bridge. a properly fitted soundpost should not fall over when the strings become loosened but cellos do change with age and climate so there is always that risk.
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Thank you so much for this video! I recently purchased a used cello for my daughter's birthday gift and wound up needing to replace the endpin at the last minute! Your video was one of the most detailed and comprehensive tutorials that I've seen in a long time! Daughter's birthday is tomorrow!
Thanks again!😁👍
Hope it helps!
Thank you so much for your work with these videos. I'm trying to learn more about autoharps, but I still have learned so much thanks to you.
Thank you! I never would have thought of putting tension on to stabilize the poles inside. (My used cello came with an endpin whose screw is on the wrong side- I wanted to fix it myself!)
For anyone doing this kind of work, I caution leaving the endpin socket sticking out that far. The problem with doing that, is if the cello were to be dropped/set down really hard, the taper of the socket could be driven up into to hole and crack the end block. This is a very large job to repair should that happen. I like to leave it stick out 1/16”. Should the socket ever develop play, it is not hard to add a little shim, usually sandpaper. Better a little loose than a cracked end block. Just my 2 cents .
Another thing, I try not to ream the hole anymore than necessary, I turn down the socket on the lathe if needed. An oversized hole sometimes needs to be plugged and re-drilled, always frustrates me how long that take to do correctly.
Good point. Don’t drop the cello hard can also blow out the ribs regardless of the endpin fit.
Linda you are excellence embodied!!!
Good and Hard job.
Linda, you are simply amazing.
Thanks for this! Got a new endpin coming from an eBay listing and wasn't sure if I was okay with installing it myself... think I'll take it to my luthier just in case haha.
show that you have to have the expertise and experience of a luthier. I my try to do change end pin on my L&C carbon fiber but would not dare to try that on a veery valueble tradional cello
Thank you Linda love your work
Thank you for the video. Very good information
Love the video!! So informative!!
when making a cello, how do you drill the hole for the end pin before using the reamer? just by eye or do you have a trick for lining it up perfectly?
Ky Fisher I use another person as a spotter to sight the horizontal line. The cello needs to be secured to the work surface. You could use a small bubble level while drilling the pilot hole If you’re by yourself. I do it by eye as you can get close enough. You can steer the reamer when cutting the taper and enlarging it for the fitting for any correction.
Oh, just noticed, is that a picture of Bonnie Ryatt (spelling) on your wall? One of my favorite singers and a great example of a Friend (as in a member of the "Society of Friends" slang name Quakers.)
David Honaker that’s actually my daughter Maya. Love Bonnie Rait though. I’m sure Maya would take that as a compliment .
My upright bass end pin fitting broke off where the wire wraps around it. It needs replacing. The remaining portion left in the end pin block is very tight. How do you get it out, safely? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks you.
Steve Andrews without seeing it I imagine your endpin can be removed and there isn’t a stop of some sort. If you can’t grab it with channel locks you will need to get creative. Depending on the endpin hole size I would buy a large lag screw that could be screwed into the remaining fitting section then use the screw to turn and loosen the cone out of the block. If the hole is too large for that approach try using an expanding anchor sleeve then the lag screw.
Very helpful....but encountered a “stuck” housing...can’t get it off the cello....this is a school instrument.
Yikes! You can try channel locks but it will mar up the fitting unless you pad the jaws with leather.
Do you have any solutions for when the cello endpin starts slipping into the cello even though you have tightened the screw?
Brittany Martinez yes, the metal collar may have rotated so your tightening screw is no longer aligned with the through hole. Instead of tightening on the endpin it’s just hitting the wood fitting.
Or
If you have a carbon endpin there may be a problem with the tightening mechanism like a missing washer
@@LindaWestCellos thanks will definitely try this with the school cellos. They definitely are not carbon
Brittany Martinez sometimes all they need is a little grease on the tightening screw.
My entire endpin assembly works its way out of the instrument block over time, What is a good fix?
Steve Samyn sounds like it is fitted a bit loose. You can 1. Install a larger fitting by reaming out the existing hole. Don’t allow it to completely bottom out make sure the endpin collar is about 1/8” away . Or 2. Wrap some sort of shim stock around the fitting. I see a bit of sand paper used or painters tape to tighten the fit.
@@LindaWestCellos thank you for your help. Wasn't sure if tape would be recommended.