I have been playing the cello for 4 years now, and I have recently completed my grade 5 exam, and in a short time I will have achieved so much. I have recently been involved in the National Orchestra For All and have been apart of various local orchestras. I am currently using a school cello, and I am coming to the end of comprehensive school, meaning in less than 1 year, I will be left without a cello, which could stop me from carrying on a musical career as I have no way of raising the money myself. As I will be a much higher standard by then, a used or school cello will not be as useful to me even if I could get my hands on one, and that is why I have turned to this way of raising the money.