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Beginner's Full Size Violin 4 X 4 with Case and Bow - Natural Color |  | Brand: crescentindustries
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $179.99
Buy New: $48.33
as of 3/14/2010 01:36 MST details
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New (6) Used (1) from $48.33
Seller: youbow-com
Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 146
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 31 x 10 x 4.9
ASIN: B0007KPI2S
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | New Violin 4/4 Full Size with Case & Bow | | • | Maple sides and back | | • | Spruce top, ebony colored pegs | | • | Wood bow with genuine horse hair | | • | Perfect violin for learning! |
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Product Description
This violin is ideal for the beginning musician. It features maple wood back and sides, pear wood fingerboard and four fine tuners. It also includes a genuine horse hair wood bow, rosin and a featherweight carrying case with strap and carrying handle. Accessory colors/style may vary. Here are some hints to help keep your violin in tune: 1. Although the violins come with a bridge, it is not installed. Installing a bridge should is not difficult, but if you have a problem, please email us. The bridge has to be installed for the violin to play correctly. 2. Strings do tend to slip and lose their tune on a new violin because they need to stretch. If this happens, just give it time. The strings just need time to settle in. 3. If the violin pegs keep slipping, try to push the peg in while turning it. If they still dont stay in, peg drops are available at most music stores. They are relatively inexpensive and should help the pegs stay in. 4. If a strand of hair breaks on the bow, take a pair of nail clippers and cut it from the frog (bottom of the bow) or the top of the bow. A few hairs are bound to fall out with play. Remember to rub a little rosin (included) on the bow before playing. This is a great violin to get started with. And at this price it is an unbeatable value.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 re: customer service January 2, 2010
Frances Manfredi (Mineral Wells WV)
I bought this violin for my granddaughter and while the instrument itself was adequate the wrong violin was shipped and I found it extremely difficult to resolve the issue. It took many e-mails and several weeks before I had the correct size violin. Many of my e-mails were ignored and no one answered the phone once I tracked the number down. I was also mis-informed about the shipping date. I will not use this company again.
 Awful, Terrible, Total Piece of Junk October 8, 2009
B. McGraw (Boston)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
There was nothing redeemable about this toy violin. In essence, it is a toy. Nothing about it was substantial, it arrived partially damaged, and was impossible to fix. Awesome job guys.
 The pegs were kind of loose, but for the price September 3, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was warned from previous reviews that the pegs would be loose on the instrument, So I knew what I was getting myself into. Luckily, I only wanted more for the novelty than actually playing it professionally. At any rate, with some peg compound and professional advice(I went to a music store to see what could be done) on how far to push the pegs in, this isn't really a problem. I do wish they had included something to advice on how to get the thing to actually make sound, I had to look up a tutorial on how to rosin the bow(the rosin has to be sanded a bit the first time you use it). Once I got it making sound, it sounded fairly well. You get what you pay for, and for what I payed, I far exceeded my expectations.
Horrible don't waste your money August 1, 2009
A. Faraci
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter bought this with a gift card and was so excited, until it showed up. It was broken, strings undone, rosin was just dust. I tried to fix it and figured it just wasn't worth it. It is very cheaply made. You'd be better off buying a plastic pretend violin.
 Cheap, has some issues, but excellent value. January 26, 2009
Neil Fusillo (Atlanta, GA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This violin is cheap. Both in construction and price. But for $60, if you're expecting an excellent instrument, you're fooling yourself. It IS, however, a decent instrument... with a few caveats.
1) The wood is nice, but there's a tinny sort of sound that's part from the strings, but part, I think, from the varnish. However, as a practice violin, it's really not half bad, and will get you through your first lessons and give you an idea if you want to stick with it. A rental, if available, however, might be a better option.
2) The Chinese-made bridge is small, flimsy, and poorly designed. Bad quality control leaves these things somewhat random in their effectiveness. A decent bridge with install will run you anywhere from $45 to $150 depending on the bridge size and the luthier who installs it. Again, this is not altogether necessary if you're still uncertain about whether or not you're going to keep at it, but a good, well-made bridge can make a world of difference in how easy it is to play and the sound.
3) The rosin that comes with this violin is enough to barely get started, but it's not very good. Invest in some better rosin (Amazon carries many versions, and they're not expensive at all) and it will make a difference on how easy it is to get strong, solid notes from the violin.
4) The strings. Like most things on this violin, they skimped a lot on the strings. They certainly assist in the tin-can sort of sound you'll hear when playing. Good strings aren't especially cheap (a new set of dominant strings, for instance, might run you $40 or so here on Amazon), but they will make a world of difference in sound quality. A lot of people don't like the Dominant E string and substitute it with a Pirastro Gold E string, and I believe there's even a package like that for sale on Amazon as well. If you have a luthier locally, talk to them about what they have available and what they might recommend.
Some other things you'll need: a good violin tuner (this violin loses its tune rather easily, so a good tuner will be essential to keep sounds sounding the way they should); peg drops to keep the pegs from slipping; a shoulder rest (not required, but helps a lot) -- I'd recommend the Kun collapsible shoulder rest. It's inexpensive, comfortable, and portable
All in all, as a starter violin, there are better violins to go with, but there are no less expensive violins of any worth at all, and this is a good place to start if you're really uncertain whether or not playing violin is for you. If you're looking to trade up, find a Cremona (SV-75 is a good violin and you could find one for about $30 more than this one, stepping up is the SV-100, SV-175, etc. -- all excellent quality for students) or an Anton Breton or some such.
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