Now that the cello is finished it is time to also let you know how it sounds. Below are three clips played by Otto Nuoranne. It was interesting to discuss with him different aspects of the sound and the playability of an instrument (other than it being a couple of sizes too small of course).

Once again I am amazed by the sound that comes out of this instrument I have made. It is so so satisfying.

My daughter has been in need of a night table for a while now. As I need to wait for the varnishing to dry on the cello I decided to tackle the night table now. I had many ideas in my mind when I accidentally came by furniture made by Seth Rolland. It was actually the video below by Fine Woodworking that introduced me to Seth. Some of the furniture is made out of one piece of wood with clever slicing to allow it to open up in a shape he wants.

I used maple for the tabletop and ash for the legs. Each leg is a single piece of wood with slice cuts to allow the top of the leg to fan out and provide a very strong joint for each leg. I'm pretty happy with the result. Some of the joints could be tighter but it looks good as it so I didn't start fixing them.