2000s Bacelar 4/4 Cello

This is a good-quality, modern cello from the Bacelar shop in New Jersey. Apparently, they source "US-made" instruments and then do some adjustments and tweaking to them until they're satisfied enough with the builds to put their name in them. No matter what, this is a great-sounding instrument and built to a good spec. It has nice fittings and a round, full, clean sound.

It arrived here for a headstock break repair (it was split behind the nut and running into the pegbox) and Andy and I tag-teamed that a bit, fitting patch-cleats to the inside of the pegbox (painted black to match), regluing the major separation under the nut area, and then fitting a pair of dowels to help with keeping the repair solid if it ever gets "shock" in the same place in the future.

Here are some photos from the repair process (regluing a broken headstock underneath the nut and adding cleat-plates to the interior of the pegbox and then various seam repairs)...