 |   Company : Crescent Our Price: $39.50 Used Price : $50.00 |
Features
- The sounds are incrediable: beautiful, and stay in tune.
- It 'an absolute tool, professionally done and comes with a difficult case admirably
Product Description
Crescent 4/4 Beginner's Violin Set with Carrying Case and AccessoriesSimilarProduct
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Customer reviews
Needs new strings. 
by .. Ludwid Reyes (Las Vegas, NV USA)
I bought this violin for my little brother for $70 here at Amazon, and for the price, you can't ask for much more. Once the Orchestra Teacher changed the strings, she said that it's actually a really good violin for beginners.
Awsome for the price! by .. Roemer D. Leal (League City, Texas United States)
It's great for such a cheap price! I've always wanted to learn violin but was afraid of getting something really expensive and end up not liking it. This way even if I don't learn it, being at 40-50 dollars, it'll make an inexpensive gift or even an interesting wall decoration.
Good quality, but make sure you know what you're doing by .. Charlie Schmidt (DENVER, CO, US)
This violin is what it says it is, a beginner violin. I have seen many people saying that it doesn't stay in tune, which is not true. However, the tuning keys come very very loosely in, so in order for the violin to stay in tune, you must push the tuning keys in as far as you can, so they don't just slip back out of tune. As far as beginner sets go, this is the best one that I've seen yet. A decent bow, a fully functional violin, a bridge that is good (people who say you have to get a professional to carve it are stupid, the bridge is fine), and a case that serves its b well. The only drawback is that the rosin that comes with itsnt very good and makes every note sound squeaky and painful to listen to, so I reccomend getting different rosin as soon as you get the violin. I've found amazon is the best place to buy good rosin for a cheap price. A great buy that I would reccomend to anybody and everybody who wants to start playing violin.
More Than Acceptable by .. Jason K. Armstrong ()
This is exactly what I had expected when I ordered this violin. Visually it looks very nice, not at all like something you would find at Toys'R'Us. The sound is OK once you install the bridge and rosin the bow. Within an hour of receiving my package I was playing Mary Had a Little Lamb and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and I couldn't be happier. There were some frayed hairs on the bow that had to be clipped and it seems the back of the neck was not stained, but I can live with that. I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert on violins but I am very satisfied with my purchase. I'm sure you won't be winning any competitions with this but for $50 you won't find a better value.
Great Product for Price by .. agrichick45 (Wisconsin)
After reading several of the previous commentors problems with the violin, I honestly can say that people who aren't familiar with new violins may have a problem.
People who say the violin won't stay in tune must realize that new violin strings need to streach out, and yes, it is frustrating, but it needs to be done. My violin teacher is actually extremely impressed with the quality of the strings and the sound, even if it falls out of tune so much.
Other people talk about the bridge being bad, but, it really isn't that aweful, as it holds strings in place.
Also, bows need to be rosined before being played, which means that it is not playable out of the bag for the first time until it is rosined right.
and yes, the bow is crappy wood, I would recommend a $30 fiberglass bow available at any music store, but it works very well. My violin teacher has a PhD in violin performance, and she says that the instrument has great sound quality, and I am quite happy with it, at least for a beginner instrument.