Daniel Arlig 4/4 cello, 2016, Minneapolis | Metzler Violins? This instrument is part of our 7th annual Contemporary American Makers Exhibition, 2024 I was born in Springfield, Missouri. When I was 8 years old my family moved to Minnesota, where I started playing viola in my public school orchestra program. I continued to learn other string instruments and after high school studied double bass performance at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2000, I graduated with honors in String Instrument