Violin Sizes

1/23/2012

Pirastro Wondertone Solo 4/4 Violin String Set - Medium Gauge with Loop End Steel E Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been an immense fan of Pirastro's strings for over ten years and am always excited to try their new products. Thus, I purchased a set of Wondertones when they first came out a few years ago. But to be honest, I wasn't all that happy with them. Don't get me wrong, they are still better than most every other string that you will find (especially Dominant), but they just aren't quite as good as they could be. They lack the brillance and projection of the Evah Pirazzis or the rich, warm, almost dark tone of the Obligatos or Olivs.
If you are very particular about your violin strings, I would probably spend the extra $20 or so and pick up a set of Pirazzis or Obligatos.

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Pirastro Wondertone Solo strings offer excellent versatility and outstanding playing characteristics. Wondertone Solo features a new synthetic core modified from Pirastro's leading performers, Evah Pirazzi, Obligato, and Violino strings. The result is nearly no break-in time and exceptional tuning stability. These strings offer brilliant, focused tone with unequalled set harmony and powerful, direct projection.

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1/22/2012

Glasser X Series Carbon Graphite Black 4/4 Violin Bow with White Hair Review

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(More customer reviews)Used the pure fiberglass version for years. The fittings and quality of Glasser is always impressive. This is a step up and plays very similar, similarly balanced as the fiberglass, a little lighter and more nimble as you would expect. Same quality fittings and I think a tremendous value for a rising player!

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The X-Series Carbon Graphite Bows feature graphite sticks mounted with a half-lined Paulus ebony frog with faux pearl slide and eye. All X-Series Carbon Graphite Bows are nickel silver wound with a leatherette grip. This American-made bow is great for students who seek the performance of graphite at a very attractive price. Like all graphite bows, it enhances the tonal quality of stringed instruments.

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Palatino VN-450-1/2 Antonius Violin Outfit, 1/2 Size Review

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(More customer reviews)This review is for the full size 4/4 Palatino NV-450. I'm addressing some unfair negative reviews posted regarding the smaller size (1/4) of this same instrument.
Ok the first negative review is by someone who admits to not even having touched one himself. The second, I think isin't being fair.
Look, this is a beginners instrument. I bought this with 0 hours of experience playing the violin (at age 26 by the way). I bought this and started lessions with a highly reputed teacher located in the area of Berklee College of Music in Boston. The teacher had nothing but positive comments about the instrument.
It's solid spruce and maple and the pegs, fingerboard and chinrest are solid ebony. That's essentially what teachers are looking for in a student instrument. No violin "holds it's tune". That's why there's tuning pegs and fine tuners (this instrument has 4 fine tuners by the way really helping the student get accustomed to tuning). All good accoustic violins are made of wood and as such are subject to expansion and contraction in changing temperature and humidity conditions. When the wood contracts a bit, the pegs can become loose and require retuning, some peg drops can help reduce this but not eliminate it. The bridge is an average stock bridge. A student looking for an entry level instrument (like myself) hasn't often the money nor time to consult and hire a luthier to custom shave and fine tune thier bridge. I find the bridge that comes with this instrument, in it's stock condition carries the vibration from the strings to the body effectively and actually quite loud.
I will agree however that the bow it comes with has warped slightly and I'm looking for a replacement now. But heck, after two years with this instrument and a couple of sets of replacement strings, I'm more than happy with it's performance.
It's not a $10,000 violin, and doesn't claim to be. It's an entry level student voilin that I only spent about $150 on a couple years ago and have progressed quite a long way on.

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Perfect for students, the Allegro outfit has the features teachers want, at a price any student can afford. This violin is fitted with ebony pegs and an anodized aluminum alloy fine tuner tailpiece. These features make the violin easy to tune, a necessity for beginners. The Allegro outfit comes complete with a featherweight case and ebony frog bow with Mongolian horsehair.

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1/21/2012

Fiberglass Violin Case By Tonareli - Black 4/4 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the pink one for my daughter for Christmas. She loves it. Her friends won't stop talking about it. Great violin case and nothing else out there like it!

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The Tonareli Fiberglass Violin case comes in your choice of 10 colors.This durable lightweight case is perfect for the traveling student or professional.The cases are full suspension and feature a great back-pack system with excellent padded straps, a generously sized accessory and shoulder rest area, and a cool new look not found in any other violin case on the market!

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Barcelona 1/2 Half Size Violin with Free Carrying Case - Natural Color Review

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(More customer reviews)This violin was very nice for the price. However, it came missing a fine tuning screw and it took a couple of weeks of emailing the maufacturer to get resolution. WIthout it, I would have had to either send it back or have it repaired locally at a cost of about $25 - a lot when the item only cost $69.00!

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Includes free featherweight Carrying Case, with Strap and Carrying Handle, and Rosin. Four fine tuners.Accessory colors/style may vary.Violin has Pearwood Fingerboard and Deluxe Jujube Wood Chinrest and other Accessories.Ideal for beginning students! Here are some hints to help keep your violin in tune:1. Although the violins come with a bridge, it is not installed. Installing a bridge should not be too difficult, but if you have a problem, please email us. The bridge has to be installed for the violin to play correctly. 2. Strings do tend to slip and lose their tune on a new violin because they need to stretch. If this happens, just give it time. This does NOT mean that the violin is defective. The strings just need time to settle in. 3. If the violin pegs keep slipping, try to push the peg in while turning it. If they still dont stay in, peg drops are available at most music stores. They are relatively inexpensive and should help the pegs stay in. 4. If a strand of hair breaks on the bow, take a pair of nail clippers and cut it from the frog (bottom of the bow) or the top of the bow. A few hairs are bound to fall out with play. Remember to rub a little rosin (included) on the bow before playing.

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1/20/2012

Bowmaster for Violin or Viola, Medium by Super Sensitive Review

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(More customer reviews)My son's violin teacher seemed to have to remind my son to "fix" his bow grip throughout his lesson. I saw this product and it seemed like it would be worth a try. At today's lesson his teacher was so impressed that she is going to make it a requirement that all of her students get one.

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Perfect for beginners and all hand sizes, this rubber bow grip slides onto the bow to help players position the bow correctly.Great teaching aid!For Violin and Viola.

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Fishman PRO-EQ Platinum Preamp/EQ/DI Review

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(More customer reviews)I use the Fishman pro-eq platinum to live performances when I play my nylon classical guitar.Together with an AKG C411 PP contact mic,it gives me an almost perfect nylon guitar sound.I can play bossa and even classical music with the great tone of my best guitar.The resulting sound is amazing.This system I use is far better than any piezo.No comparison.Best regards from Rio-Brazil.

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The Fishman Pro EQ Platinum is a premium preamp and DI, dialed-in for just the acoustic player. Fishman packed the Pro EQ Platinum with a rack's worth of serious acoustic processing, all in a stompbox-sized package. The Pro EQ Platinum has a powerful 4-band EQ (with sweepable mids), a phase switch and notch filter for controlling and eliminating feedback, an XLR DI output and much more. You invested a lot in your acoustic guitar, right? Get every ounce of tone from it with the Pro EQ Platinum. Fishman Pro EQ Platinum Four-band Acoustic EQ with sweepable mid-range Feedback-fighting phase switch and notch filter XLR DI (with ground/lift and pre/post switches) for pro-sound & recording Smooth Control: Fishman's acoustic compression smoothes out amplified acoustic sound Exclusive Voltage Doubler Circuit for more clarity and greater dynamics Easy access battery compartment Tuner/Send output Input Gain and Master Volume Controls Rugged injection-molded case 3-way power from 9V battery, 48V phantom power or AC adapter Designed in response to requests from players, this versatile preamp/EQ/DI is at home everywhere from local open mic nights to major festival stages. With its simple yet precise controls, you can quickly dial in the natural acoustic sound you're looking for; loud, clear and feedback free. The Pro-EQ Platinum's four-band equalizer is modeled after our gig-proven Prefix Plus onboard preamp, with sliders that are assigned to just the right frequencies for acoustic equalization. A semi-parametric midrange control employs a constant Q filter for more precise and consistent tone adjustments. Also borrowed from the Prefix design are feedback fighting phase and notch controls. The Pro-EQ Platinum features our exclusive Voltage Doubler technology, which improves both the dynamics and clarity of any pick

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