My best cello is by Thomas Kennedy. It is of standard size, with a back length of29 7/16 in. (749mm.) It is an extraordinary find, having been stored for very many years. It has its original label, and sounds very well. £45,000.

An interesting smallish Saxon cello, dating from the late 18th Century, is available as of Feb 21st 2010. I wrote a blog about this, and images of it can be seen in that bit of my website.

I have a very small (only 28in long, and narrow) 18th Century French cello in frankly poor condition at £2,500, two more nineteenth century French cellos and five nineteenth Century German cellos ranging from £2,500 to £6,800. I have a wonderful instrument by Paul Bailly, 1893. This cello, in wonderful condition, was Bailly's very first made in England, and is numbered 1. It has had only two owners from new. The last time it was sold was in 1950, and that was by the well-know English maker, Arthur Richardson. His original letter accompanies the instrument.

I have thirteen new instruments of varying qualities ranging from around £1,500 to £6,800.