As a professional cellist living in Florida, I've finally found a first-class luthier to keep my instrument healthy! I spent a few hours with Nikolai just the other day and he was able to quickly diagnose and repair a strident buzz which had made my beautiful fiddle sound like a prepared piano. Now the cello is in tip top shape again. I'll make the long drive to WPB whenever necessary in the future.

As well, I played a number of his cellos while waiting and was eminently impressed at their quality: all had warm, full tone, with great ease of execution, and I will definitely direct friends and colleagues to consider them.

Thank you for everything and I'll look forward to our next meeting!