About DUROD

It's a Core, not a part.

An endpin is the last thing between a cello and the floor, and the first thing the player's sound has to travel through. DUROD builds that part as if it were the instrument itself.

How DUROD started

DUROD's founder is a carbon composite innovator. His work is industrial: structures for aircraft and comparable applications, where carbon fiber has to behave exactly as predicted or not at all.

Then, in conversation with players, he learned something he had not expected. A cello endpin can change how a cello sounds.

What followed was not a product launch but a long series of experiments. Sixty endpins were built and tested — different materials, different constructions, different combinations — in search of the one that served the instrument best. DUROD exists because that search found an answer worth making.

The brand launched in September 2019 at Mondomusica in Cremona, Italy, the international gathering for string instrument makers, dealers and players. It was the first time DUROD endpins were shown publicly.

Two DUROD cello endpins in front of Cremona Cathedral and the Torrazzo, Italy
Cremona, Italy, where DUROD was launched at Mondomusica.

Meeting players in person

Since then, DUROD has returned to string instrument fairs to meet players, makers and dealers face to face.

DUROD team with a visitor at the DUROD exhibition booth Visitor holding DUROD materials at the DUROD exhibition booth DUROD team with visitors at the DUROD exhibition booth Group photo at the DUROD exhibition booth DUROD team with a visitor at a trade fair Visitors at the DUROD booth with the It's a Core, not a part banner DUROD team with visitors in front of the It's a Core, not a part banner Visitors holding a DUROD t-shirt at the DUROD booth

The name

DUROD joins two words. DURO stands for strength. ROD stands for a staff: the kind that steadies a traveller on a long journey and guides the way. Like a strong staff you can lean on, one that keeps you on your path, a DUROD endpin holds the instrument steady and carries the player's sound in full, every step of the journey.

What we make

We apply advanced carbon composite technology to string instrument components. Our endpins pair a carbon fiber body with a metal core, because each material contributes something the other cannot.

Carbon refines the cello's sound, making it clearer and more focused. The metal inside enhances the instrument's resonance, providing a rich volume. Change which metal sits inside the carbon and the character of the result changes with it, and that is the choice we put in the player's hands.

How the hybrid spike works

Made in Korea

Every part of a DUROD endpin, button, spike and pin, is made in Korea.

The range

The DUROD range: cello endpins, violin endpins and cello endpin stoppers
  • Carbon hybrid cello endpins — EP-C100, EP-C200, EP-C300 and EP-C400. Five spike options, including the top model EP-G70, two lengths, with or without a button.
  • Full carbon cello endpin — EP-C010, in carbon tube or carbon rod.
  • Double bass endpin — EP-B100. Carbon fiber with a brass rod core, sizes 29 to 33 mm, built to order.
  • Violin endpin — EP-V100, metal hybrid.
  • Cello stopper — ST-C100, with brass on the top surface.

Play Your Journey.

A player's sound changes over years of work. What sits underneath it should keep up. That is what we build for.

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