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Eastman VC Cello Series

Numbered cello model series

Eastman's numbered VC cello range, ordered by grade number from accessible student outfits up to performance and master-level instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines and the Andreas Eastman step-up and performance lines, with higher numbers indicating progressively finer tonewoods, fittings, and hand-applied varnish. Models are offered in full and fractional sizes.

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  • Cellos

    Cellos, cello makers, model families, and related orchestral bowed-string variants.

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  • Eastman Strings

    Eastman Strings is an orchestral string instrument brand with violin, viola, cello, bass, bow, case, and string-family instrument lines.

Models in series

  • Ascesa VC85 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Ascesa VC85 is an entry-level cello from Eastman's Ascesa student line, built with a laminated spruce top, laminated maple back and ribs, ebony fittings with a composite tailpiece, and a satin varnish over a hand-applied spirit base. Durable and easy to maintain, it is offered in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/8 for beginners, schools, and rental programs.

  • Technical line drawing of Andreas Eastman VC200 Cello

    Andreas Eastman VC200 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Andreas Eastman VC200 is the entry model of the Andreas Eastman line, a hand-crafted step-up cello made from select carved tonewoods with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings with a composite tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied shaded spirit varnish. It is offered on Stradivari and Montagnana patterns in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/8.

  • Andreas Eastman VC405 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Andreas Eastman VC405 is a performance cello with a carved spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings with a Wittner tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied antiqued spirit varnish modeled on historic Markneukirchen workshops. It is offered on Stradivari and Montagnana patterns in 4/4 and 7/8 sizes.

  • Samuel Eastman VC95 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Samuel Eastman VC95 is a hybrid student cello with a fully carved solid spruce top for richer tone paired with laminated maple back and ribs for durability. It carries ebony fittings with a composite tailpiece, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied shaded spirit varnish for an antiqued look, and is offered on the Stradivari pattern in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/8.

  • Andreas Eastman VC605 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Andreas Eastman VC605 is a master-grade cello built from premium spruce and flamed European maple, with ebony fittings and a Wittner tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a German-style multi-layer shaded antiqued spirit varnish. Individually plate-tuned by master luthiers, it is offered in 4/4 size.

  • Samuel Eastman VC100 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Samuel Eastman VC100 is a student cello with a hand-carved solid spruce top, a maple back with laminated maple ribs, ebony fittings with a composite tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and an amber-brown high-gloss varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/10 for beginning and advancing players.

  • Andreas Eastman VC305 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Andreas Eastman VC305 is one of Eastman's most popular cellos, recognized for outstanding tone and appearance. It has a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings with a Wittner tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied shaded spirit varnish, and is offered on Stradivari and Montagnana patterns in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/4.

  • Samuel Eastman VC150 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Samuel Eastman VC150 is a student cello combining a hand-carved solid spruce top with a maple back and laminated maple ribs, ebony fingerboard and fittings with a composite tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and an amber-brown high-gloss varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/10.

  • Samuel Eastman VC80 Cello

    Cello · China

    The Samuel Eastman VC80 is the entry-level cello in Eastman's Samuel Eastman line, built with durable fully laminated spruce and maple, an ebony fingerboard, composite tailpiece, and a Despiau bridge, finished in a high-gloss varnish on the Stradivari pattern. Easy to maintain and offered from 4/4 down to 1/8, it is a common school and rental beginner cello.

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