▁that ▁Fe u ermann ▁is ▁the ▁greatest ▁living ▁cell ist , ▁Cas als ▁alone ▁except ed ..." ▁ ▁The ▁honor ary ▁p all b ear ers ▁at ▁his ▁fun eral ▁included ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁greatest ▁mus icians ▁of ▁the ▁time : ▁pian ists ▁Rudolf ▁Ser kin ▁and ▁Art ur ▁Sch n abel , ▁viol in ists ▁M isch a ▁El man ▁and ▁Bron is ław ▁Hub erman , ▁and ▁conduct ors ▁George ▁Sz ell , ▁Eug ene ▁Or m andy ▁and ▁Art uro ▁T os can ini . ▁During ▁the ▁process ion ▁T os can ini ▁broke ▁down ▁cry ing , ▁exc laim ing , ▁" This ▁is ▁murder !" ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁when ▁asked ▁which ▁cell ists ▁he ▁particularly ▁adm ired , ▁Cas als ▁said , ▁" What ▁a ▁great ▁artist ▁Fe u ermann ▁was ! ▁His ▁early ▁death ▁was ▁a ▁great ▁loss ▁to ▁music ." ▁ ▁Fe u ermann ' s ▁c ello ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁Fe u ermann ▁purchased ▁a ▁c ello ▁made ▁by ▁David ▁T ec ch ler ▁in ▁Rome ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 1 . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁he ▁also ▁owned ▁an ▁instrument ▁made ▁by ▁Ven et ian ▁master ▁l uth ier ▁D omen ico ▁Mont agn ana ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 5 . ▁This ▁instrument , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Fe u ermann ▁c ello , ▁is ▁presently ▁in ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁a ▁Swiss ▁cell ist ▁and ▁collect or . ▁It ▁was ▁larger