What our customers say
Voices
Since 2011, 3,500 instruments have left our workshop. What happens to them afterwards we only learn when somebody writes. Many do. Below is a selection from ten years, shortened but not smoothed over.
Out of respect for the players, only a first name and the initial of the surname are shown.
Sound and response
"I'm still amazed at how responsive it is and how well it speaks. It is deep and focussed with mellow resonance." Wayne U. · professional · cello · 2019
"The sound and responsiveness are out of this world. Playing is so much fun now." Eva P. · violin · 2023
"I can't believe how much I love it. The tone, the resonance, the appearance, the evenness of sound. It's somehow easy to play." Brenton E. · violin · 2026
"It is fantastic and sounds great. It feels so natural. I sit down to play it and there is no learning curve, it feels just as I would expect it to." Patrick R. · professional · 2024
"It has a big voice and resonates very well, lots of overtones. I was amazed by the sound quality." Tien L. · amateur · cello · 2024
"It exceeded my expectations. The build quality is superb and the cello has a strong yet warm voice." Anonymous · cello · 2017
Coming from wood
"The sound is very strong and musical. It comes into position on my shoulder and my fingers fall in the same place as my wooden violin, at first attempt." Anonymous · professional · violin · 2016
"It is of course different to my own conventional violin, a French one from 1851. It is brighter and very responsive. Overall I'm enormously pleased." Kevin G. · professional · violin · 2019
"Those violins cost three times the cost of my mezzo-forte, but when I play them with others, including two world class Irish fiddlers I take lessons from, they can't tell any drop off." Tom L. · professional · violin · 2020
"Given the variations in temperature and humidity we get here, it is a much better option than a traditional instrument for the same sound quality." Bob K. · viola · 2016
"Yours still sound vocal in the low range. Like a tenor rather than a talented mezzo-soprano." Ben F. · professional · violin · 2018
"The performers in the orchestra, despite it not being a wooden instrument, are amazed at how loud and wonderful the sound is." Anonymous · professional · viola · 2019
On tour
"I have used the cello for outdoor performances here in the tropics, and also in the central Australian desert in Alice Springs with extreme low humidity. The instrument maintains its tuning, tone and string height despite great variations in temperature and humidity." Michael B. · professional · cello · 2023
"My cello is performing beautifully on this tour so far, zero issues. I am so happy with this instrument, and everyone has had nothing but great things to say about it." Danica P. · professional · cello · 2023
"Carbon fiber cellos and bows are a great evolution for world tours as they are functional, aesthetic and resistant. They also allow great amplification, which is being demanded lately." Cristina V. · professional · cello · 2019
"I want to be able to fly without buying a seat and feel safer about van and bus tours." Patricia S. · professional · cello · 2021
"It's absolutely the best violin I ever owned. I have been performing with it at weddings and jazz concerts around town." Christopher V. · professional · violin · 2024
"Living in Colorado and doing river trips and backpacking, this is going to be perfect." Brandon O. · amateur · 2024
Amplified
"I love my cello so much. It sounds beautiful acoustically, and amplified it is stunning. It is hands down the best amplified string sound I've heard." Eleanor N. · professional · cello · 2018
"The instrument sounds incredibly warm and luscious when amplified with this pickup system. I have absolutely fallen in love with it." Anonymous · violin · 2019
"Great cello. Super fun to play and the low F sounds full and awesome. The pickup is also full bodied and sounds great through my PA and through effects and looper." Bradley H. · professional · cello · 2021
"Loud, beautiful full tone, acoustic or amplified, and it almost plays itself." Anonymous · professional · violin · 2019
"It simply sounds amazing amplified, and is so easy to play." Malthe H. · cello · 2025
"The pickup works perfectly through a high impedance input on my mixer." Bradley H. · professional · cello · 2021
Learning
"Even as an early student, I can both feel and hear the delightful tone of the instrument, and find it responsive and easy to play." Mark R. · student · violin · 2024
"It is an incredible instrument. It sounds wonderful, he sits more comfortably with it, and has an easier time playing it than his previous cello." Naida B. · student · cello · 2018
"I love the violin. For being new, it responds easily and its tone is super sweet. Your violin made a huge impact on its debut." Audrey S. · amateur · violin · 2020
"I purchased a carbon fiber cello last year and I love it. I am recommending it as an option for a cello student." Nicole P. · professional · cello · 2023
Workshop and service
"I tuned it up and played it right out of the box and it sounds awesome. It's actually set up exactly the way I like it." Christopher V. · professional · violin · 2023
"The violin has arrived. It is stunningly beautiful and has amazing sound. I really appreciate the effort you and your team put in to building it." Yad J. · violin · 2017
"Not a scratch and it works well. Thank you for packing it so well, and for the bow case." Pierre B. · cello · 2023
"The sound is magnificent on both and they are such a delight to play. I'm telling everyone I know here in Eugene about your instruments." Carol C. · amateur · viola · 2017
Do you play one of our instruments? We read every message, even years later. Write to info@mezzo-forte.de.