We help you find the right Violins, Violas
or Cellos for your playing level
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Beginner Intermediate Advanced
What sets the Instruments available at The Violin Studio apart?
We always pay attention to detail
Being a violin maker as well as player allowed me to carefully choose a small selection of the best Instruments available, this means that the hardest part of your job of finding good quality is done.
Most importantly I choose the instruments for sound. They need to have a rich carrying clear tone.
Then I carefully check the instrument for quality materials and workmanship.
I set up each instrument like I would set up any professional instrument by:
Plane the Fingerboard to a professional standard. This means that you will have a fingerboard that has the same shape as that of most instruments that you will hear in concert halls around the world
I will fit a professional quality French bridge crafted by a master violin maker with specialized acoustic knowledge to make the instrument sound the best that it can.
Fit a professional quality soundpost to really bring out the rich tonal qualities. There is a reason that in many languages the soundpost is called the “Soul”. It takes a master to fit and move the soundpost into the right position to really make the instrument sing.
I always fit the Instruments with great quality strings for that rich sound.
Each peg is carefully refitted to make sure that if is very easy to tune the instrument using the pegs.
The tailpiece is checked and refitted to make sure it is in the best acoustical position
I check and recheck the string height and spacing to make sure it is absolutely perfect. It is only easy to play the violin when the string height is absolutely right.
I make sure that everything about the bow works well
I always play
each instrument and adjust it until I’m so happy with it that I want to
keep the violin myself. I always try out the instruments far too long,
because they are so much fun to play. This way you can be sure that when
your instrument leaves my workshop, everything about it is perfect.
I always offer excellent after sale support & service Back
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Thank you very much Olaf. Keegan is absolutely thrilled with his new full size violin. I would like to thank you for the thought you put into your sales. Knowing your customers and taking the time to appreciate what they expect from their instrument. Keegan has hardly put it down in his spare time. Practicing for a total of a hour and half just last night alone. Once again, thank you Kind regards, Mandi Keegan's Mum. |
We also have a great range of Strings, Cases, Accessories, Bows
Work out your budget lower and upper end, so that you get to have a look at instruments that you can afford to buy. (Find out how much you should spend at each level by clicking here)
If you are going to buy your instrument online (under $4500 for violin and viola and under $8000 for cello only), make sure you are dealing with a reputable business that gives you a rock solid money back guarantee.
Beware! This is important: Make sure that the instruments really are set up by a professional violinmaker and restorer, not an untrained amateur (unfortunately this happens in countries like Australia where the violinmaking is unregulated. Even at some very impressive looking "Violinshops"!)
If you are at a violin shop like The Violin Studio, line up all the instruments you are going to try so you can change over quickly. Play a piece or part of a piece that you are really familiar with... play the same piece on every instrument you try.
Try to play something short (using all strings) at first, so you can get an impression of each instrument
You can probably already take a few instruments that you don't like out of the mix. Once you have established that an instrument is not right, remove it straight away, so it doesn't confuse you
Keep doing that for a while till you are left with 2 to 4 instruments
Now you can really put the last few instruments through their paces...
Usually there will be one that you really love. Remember that string height and neck thickness can be changed, so if that doesn't quite feel right, but you love the sound, the Instrument may still be worth looking at.
A great thing to do is to try the instrument in a hall or larger room once you have got one or two instruments you really like.
You can also check out the article on Choosing an Instrument here
Beginner Intermediate Advanced