Cello Care

wipe the cello after each practice or performance with dry soft cloth

• under strings
• under fingerboard
• front of cello
• strings
• neck
• ribs

wipe bow stick under the hair

keep the cello in tune

• full tension on strings
• use a cello humidifier

store cello in case or in specialized stand

• never on the floor
• never in front of a heater or window
• out of walkways
• never store cello standing in a corner with endpin extended