ViolinSmart 1/4 Size Student Violin w/Bow, Case, and Rosin - Solid Natural Wood

by ViolinSmart.com

Product Features

• High Gloss Finish
• Solid Spruce top & Maple back and rib
• Black Hardwood fingerboard, chinrest & pegs
• Full Brazil wood Bows with unbleached horsehair
• Lightweight Triangular canvas case, shoulder straps and Rosin included

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000CS1SAQ
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,613 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

A hand-carved solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, and neck deliver fantastic tone. Features a fine tuner tailpiece, ebonized fittings, and inlaid purfling. Full size. Comes with Mongolian horsehair bow, rosin, and featherweight suspension case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Customer Service at Austin Bazaar!, February 9, 2007

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D. Brown (West Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViolinSmart 1/4 Size Student Violin w/Bow, Case, and Rosin - Solid Natural Wood

When I first tried to tune the violin I applied pressure to the D peg and the scroll broke from the fingerboard! It wasn't a lot of pressure so I assume there was a crack or a weak spot in the wood. Needless to say I contacted (emailed) customer support and was pleasantly surprised when they agreed to replace the violin at no charge (not even shipping)! The new violin arrived and I was able to tune it fine. My five year old son has been performing around the house almost everyday!

Now a word about the quality. Would I buy this brand to perform professionally? No. This is an inexpensive introduction to the violin - it is a massed produced product that I think is wonderful at this price. Beautiful to look at and my son loves it - nuff said.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of Junk that will break, June 19, 2007

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Heather - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ViolinSmart 1/4 Size Student Violin w/Bow, Case, and Rosin - Solid Natural Wood

I purchased this for my daughter. She has taken great care of the instrument. We had the instrument for a month when as her violin instructor was tuning the instrument the back of the violin came apart. Austin Bazaar would not refund or exchange the item. I would not order anything from them again. It is cheap, there is a reason for that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 1/4 size violin with good sound, March 12, 2009

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Tiffany "quality shopper" (BENICIA, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ViolinSmart 1/4 Size Student Violin w/Bow, Case, and Rosin - Solid Natural Wood

My 6 year old son is taking violin lessons and the is the violin we purchased is for him. The sound is very good and his teacher asked where I purchased it from. I started playing the violin at the age of 8 yrs old and smaller violins tend to have poor sound in general. I was pleasantly surprised by this violin's sound (not squeaky at all). Violins are fragile instruments and no one should assemble it without experience. No matter what the quality of an instrument you have, it can break easily. I am very happy with my purchase. The only reason there are only four stars is because the extra set of strings and pitch pipe were missing from my order. Hopefully this was an oversight and will sent shortly, I have e-mailed customer service.