My cello is a Viennese, nameless instrument, from the 1850s. It is proof that one does not have to have unlimited money to have a great sounding instrument.
I recently had some major work done on the neck. I took it to Stephanie Voss in Atlanta. She did an incredible job. She solved two problems with a single fix, in the most elegantly simple and unobtrusive way possible. My cello sounds better than ever.