Stentor SR1102 Cello Student I 4/4

I'm a violin player and my wife recently decided to take up cello, so without anywhere local to try one, we decided to take the risk on this since I know Stentor make good quality violins for beginners.

It met my expectations, which is for a playable, ok-sounding instrument. This isn't going to blow anyone away, and you will have to set up the bridge yourself - not that hard but you likely won't get it perfect so if you can get it set up by a luthier, do.

The sound is good, not exceptional, loses something as you move up the neck, but good for the basics and certainly fine to learn on.

The overall quality is decent - no major flaws to be found, tuning is stable, fine tuners are smooth and it looks the part - but it's nothing special. This is a utilitarian, basic machine for learning, and that's exactly what it should be.