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[Intro music] Hello, Iím Riki Gerardy. Today I want to
tell you about the wolf and how to tame it when your cello has one.
[Music] A wolf is the bad note on a cello. It is not
a big problem. Nearly all cellos have one. [Music]
There are various ways to get rid of a wolf - some I prefer to others.
This is because there can be the side effect of a slight loss of resonance. This reservation
may be more relevant to high quality instruments than to student ones.
By the time an advanced player acquires a fine cello, the existence of the wolf will
be well known. Then it could be a trade off between wolf clearance and optimum resonance.
[Music] The student just wants the wolf to go away.
There is an excellent resonator that can be glued inside the front of a cello. Its optimum
position is decided by first attaching it to the outside of the front of the cello.
If the player wants a less permanent suppression, I use a device which clips on the strings
below the bridge. This solution is not generally known, but is a discovery of my own in the
way the attachment can be employed. [Music]
Yes. There are some known devices I donít recommend because they can thin or restrict
the tone. We want all the resonance we can get from the cello.
The wolf on the middle strings can generally be dealt with, but a wolf on the A string
is more of a problem. This needs a more specialised approach - something to be kept in mind when
choosing a cello. Remember that a wolf on a violin is much harder
to tame.