Concert Cellist Spends 100 Days Carving Cello From Scratch—and Its Sounds Will Give You Goose Bumps

Concert Cellist Spends 100 Days Carving Cello From Scratch—and Its Sounds Will Give You Goose Bumps
Courtesy of Ida Johanne Kühn Riegels
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After falling in love with the sound of the cello as a child, a Copenhagen-born cellist eventually decided to build one of her own from scratch. She gave herself 100 days to finish the complex task, and, with the support of the internet, realized her dream.

Ida Riegels comes from a musical family. Her grandmother played the cello, and married a violinist; her chosen instrument had her granddaughter spellbound from the beginning, and young Ida began playing the cello at school.