I bought this for my 10 year old. If fit him with out having to change it's length. The bow is nice but the rosin wasn't good so we needed to buy some that wasn't rock hard. The sound is great, just gotta get the boy lessons. Read more

Ordered for my daughter who is a beginner. Yes it’s not the most amazing violin but it’s great for kids to learn on without breaking the bank. We are waiting to spend more once she needs a full sized. To me a novice it sounds great and my daughter plays a lot by ear and she has picked up a lot of songs already on it. We are satisfied with this purchase. Read more

The violin arrived with a broken crumbly old rosin, but customer support sent us a brand new one, so I was impressed with how quickly they fixed the issue. The violin was quite nice, but the fact that we had to tune it EVERY DAY! Her teachers were really annoyed by the end of the year after having to tune it each lesson. Read more

Happy with this purchase. This violin is an affordable option for a child to learn on. Unless you know what you're doing, I recommend taking it to someone who can set it up to play... It is not ready to play right out of the box (btw, this item is very well packaged for shipping). That will save you breaking strings. Read more

I bought this for my daughter who suddenly said one day, "Mommy, I want to take violin lessons!" - uh, ok, but I don't know if you're going to stick with it or jump to the next thing like you did last time, and anyone who's rented before knows it's a terrible deal, you can buy the real deal in just a few months of renting! So I wanted something cheap but usable for a few trial lessons. This seemed nice enough to me, someone who's never seen a violin up close. Shiny wood, came with the resin, a case, some accessories.. Great! The first day the violin teacher saw the instrument he turns to me and goes, "she can't use that - that's a toy, it's not a real instrument". Well excuuuse me! I didn't realize we'd be performing at Carnegie Hall. Anyway, I've since learned that the teacher is one of those who truly loves violin as an art and passion, not just a way to make a living teaching kids. So of course this "toy" would be offensive to him. But just a warning to you beginners out there: this is not considered a "real" violin! I will say though, as I've been dragging my feet to buy the real violin, that although my untrained ear can actually hear a difference between his instrument (a richer, deeper more robust tone) and hers (a little more scratchy and weak) there's not enough difference that I would've ever known the difference if I hadn't heard them side by side. And I'm sure he spent thousands on his. 'Course that's the opinion of someone, like I said, whose never even seen a violin up close. Although, I'm guessing if you're considering this violin in this price range, you're probably not any more snooty on your violin tonal quality than I am! Oh! I will say though, several of the hairs on the bow started breaking and loosening just a couple of lessons in and we just had to cut them off. Not sure if that's normal for violin players or just a reflection of the poor quality on a toy... Read more