Mendini by Cecilio Violin 4/4 Full Size Kit For Beginners - Hand Carved Acoustic Violins Set - Fiddle Solid Wood Kit with Hard Case, Bow, Rosin, Shoulder Rest, Bridge and Extra Strings

*** 3-month Update at the end *** Pros: The violin we received was brand spanking new, as were all the parts (See below for contents). It looks great, and the antiquing looks awesome, well done. My daughter's tutor said it was a perfectly fine instrument for learning and was able to tune it first time no problem. The fine tuners work well. To me (an acoustic guitar player), it sounded great. The construction is good for the price, and I don't believe it will fall apart or break with normal wear. The price was excellent. We opted for private lessons so, if the daughter continues on with the instrument, when we can afford a good violin she will have experience and can appreciate it that much more. Cons: The body feels like laminate, because that is what it basically is. Although everything is much better quality than anticipated, it still feels cheap. Thoughts: This is not a Stradivari, so any expectation for a fine instrument for a bargain price is silly. What it is, is a student/beginner violin that works well in that role. If you aren't sure you or your kid is going to stick to it, this is a very cost effective way to start. If you do stay with it, you will naturally outgrow this starter and seek a better quality one. If not, you won't be out a lot, and may be able to resell for close to (or at) full cost. Contents: Violin Bow Extra strings (one of each) Case Rosin puck in a cloth, all in a case two bridges shoulder support Care of violin instruction paper *** Update *** - After three months my daughter is still playing. Several practices a week and weekly lessons. This is a good instrument and has served well. The only problems we had: 1. The bow had no rosin on it whatsoever. She's had to use the puck before and after every time she plays to work on that (I'm finding that can be normal with new bows). 2. We had a horrible time with the E string not staying in tune, and pulling the other strings out of tune when we tried to fix it. I eventually took a closer look and found the string wasn't sitting in the fine tuner at all, it hadn't been seated correctly before it was shipped to us. After re-stringing the E and double checking the fine tuner, all is well and it is working perfectly. All in all, not really problems, we just didn't know to check these things as it is our first violin. I highly recommend this one to anyone who wants to learn.

I have had this thing for about a month now and I have almost completed the Essential Elements 2000 book 1 I bought to teach myself. I notice that the reviews can be split into two camps, great instrument for the money, and cheap (insert derogatory Chinese factory term here)and or damaged. After reading the reviews, it seems you got two ways this thing can go. Either it arrives in good condition or it arrives damaged. Mine came in good condition, with the bridge still standing. Now a few things about this instrument. I noticed a lot of folks who were having trouble with keeping the instrument in tune. I did too, until I invested in Peg drops. I also had to learn how to restring the instrument via youtube. After that, I can play it hard for several days before I need to tune it again. Oh and I did not use the rosin. I got the standard wood block sensitive rosin and it works great. My bow has lost about 5 horse hairs, and I gotta say that I have been practicing about an hour every day since I got the thing. I have had one of the fine tuners strip out on the A string, but I think it may have been due to user error rather than product defect. I also recommend a electronic tuner like a Snark. You can get them for about 5 dollars on this site and it works for guitar and violin. Shoulder rest is not the best, but it is workable for me. I recommend that you watch a lot of you tube videos on setting up, tuning, and rosining a bow for the first time. It will help you avoid a lot of issues mentioned in these comments. The old adage, "tis a poor musician who blames his instrument" comes to mind when I read some of these post. I will post a video soon showing its sound. Bottom line, for the price, I would have never believed I could be this far along in learning how to play a classic instrument. 11/13 OK a bit of an update. Still a great instrument. I did pick up an instructor and I upgraded the pegs, chin rest and end peg to ebony. This ended my problems with keeping the instrument in tune. (kit was about 15 dollars, and I actually shaved down the pegs with a pocket knife, but I recommend you go to a luthier to get the pegs fitted correctly. I did it by shear dumb luck.

It is great, I had a problem with the Mi String its sound was cold, I reduced 1.5mm from the bridge of the side of that string, and now it perfectly 100% match the sound that I hear from 1000$ professional Violin's.

5 stelle perchè il rapporto qualità-prezzo è probabilmente il migliore trovato e si presenta benissimo. Non essendo un esperto dello strumento e della qualità del suono emesso, mi limito al giudizio del violino nella sua presentazione. Consigliatissimo a chi vuole avvicinarsi allo strumento, a chi vuole iniziare senza dover spendere un'eresia.

The bow doesn't work, the strings unwind, and there's a loose bit of dowelling inside the violin. The rosin is in pieces and it was a total waste of money. I wouldn't even give it a 1 star rating.

Esta muy bien el violín, llego en perfectas condiciones y muy bonito.

It's the best 🎻 for beginners and the music emanating from this is at par with other costlier 🎻. Thanks for delivering at the given time and the response by the person at the customer care was a pleasant experience. Thanks a lot.