He says he'll have to play his concert schedule around the world with borrowed cellos.

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Cremonese violin craftsmanship is renowned for its traditional process of fashioning violins, violas, cellos and contrabasses.

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Others are former street hawkers, who sold chewing gum and plastic bags in Kabul before taking up clarinets, violins and cellos.

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Today its cellos and basses are half Asian, its violas and violins predominantly Asian, and its three associate concert masters Chinese.

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"He was, in my opinion, the Twentieth Century's outstanding maker of new violins, violas and cellos, as well as a meticulous restorer, " said Charles Beare, a London-based violin dealer.

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"This middle section came out of Derek's statement about the strings, " he said as he pointed out measures in which deconstructed polyrhythms drawn from Afro-Cuban music are scored for violins, violas and cellos.

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