Today I finally glued the label in. I hope I really can finish the cello this year. I really like the label and think it is a perfect match for the cello.

I got the label from Laura today! Of course I had to see how it looks inside the cello straight away. I'll let you have a sneak peek too. But shhhh... Don't tell anyone.

I still need to finish a few things on the front before I can glue it all together. Mainly finalise the ff-holes and make sure the sound post can be inserted through them. But I think later this week the corpus will be closed.

Each instrument should have the maker's label inside. My first idea was to design the  label myself but then I thought I would like to make the label also special. I contacted artist Laura Miettinen (www.lauramiettinen.net) and commissioned her to design and print the label for me. I visited her last week and had the pleasure of seeing the first test prints being made. It was great! The label is so beautiful and I like the idea that there is a little piece of art inside the cello. She will print 10 labels for me, they should last me a while!