Yamaha Silent Electric Cello

Yamaha has brought out these nice cellos under their Silent series. Sure these are cellos, but whats special is that those are electronic ones. Kind of e-Cellos. Now you can play a big cello with a small cello at the volume you want and it will still sound like in a concert hall. And Yamaha has even more e-stuff, like violins and viola.
http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/strings/index2.html
Japan - US $1300-2000