Tips on Purchasing Instruments and Finally setup

1.Talk to your private teacher before you buy an String instrument. If your teacher has enough experience, they will be able to help you choose a quality instruments at a reasonable price and help recommend a great violin shop, especially one with the workshop for repair and restoration.

After sale service should also be provided by the shop so that customers can come back again when there is any problem related to the purchased instrument. For a violin with hight price, or an old European violin certificate from manufacturer or reliable sources are require, which is another way to ensure that you will not be deceived.

2.Choosing the correct violin size for kids is crucial for beginners. There is a wide range of violin size including 1/16, 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8, and the standard size 4/4. Music stores in the Big Department Store do not always do a good job of this. Because their violin not ready for play. This mean they do not Finally setup. Some teachers enjoy polishing instruments, rosining the bows, and noticing when the next size is appropriate, but teacher must know about the size that match the age of your student. Never choose the wrong size of the violin for your student this will problem the posture of playing technic in the future.

3.In order to study a stringed instrument effectively. you need to have a good long-term relationship with a good violinshop. Children will outgrow a series of instruments and if you have no on going relationship with a reliable person or vilin shop, you will entail more expense in the long run, than you should.

4.Don't let family members, however well meaning, make purchases of instruments without some input from a professional person. You don't want to be stuck paying 4,000 bath for a used, torn-up rental that is not only not worth 4,000 bath as is, but is actually worth far less, and will not bring much in for a trade-in, as well as being unpleasant and difficult to play.

For the beginner:

The beginner has two options, either to buying expensive violin with very good quality and can trade back to the shop up to 30% or buying a outfit violin that can not trad back to the shop. (sometime called mass violin.)

One good reason for buying expensive violin of an instrument would be if you are looking for a child's (undersized) instrument. In this case, it is generally not worth the risk of physical injury to buy an instrument which is too large, thinking that the child will "grow into" it. On the other hand, it is quite expensive to buy a series of increasingly larger instruments (there are 8 basic sizes, and children grow out of their violin sizes at a surprisingly rapid rate.) Besides rental, another option for aquiring a small violin is to find a reputable luthier or music store nearby and ask about their "trade-in policy". Assuming you take care of the instrument, many shops will give you a generous discount on the purchase of the next size up if you bring back your current instrument as a "trade". (Take note that they do this because they want you to be a return customer. For this reason, most places will not give you a trade-in discount for an instrument you did not buy from them).

For buying a higher-quality instrument:

If you buy a master violin handmade, you will probably be buying the bow and case separately.

It is appropriate to test violins and bows, to play on them, before buying them. after which you can decide on one. It is also appropriate to negotiate the purchase price of the instrument.

If you are going to a violin shop, most have a room or a place where you can test out an instrument that interests you and they must have the workshop for repair in the future for your violin.

Modern instruments, made by a luthier who is still living, tend to be less expensive than older instruments. An older instrument is valuable not only because of the sound it makes and the beauty of its construction, but because of its antique value, and because it is necessarily a "limited edition" if its maker is dead and no longer creating violins!

An older instrument can be an excellent investment. But there are many modern makers whose instruments sound every bit as good, and if you are on a budget, this may be the way to go. A new instrument, if played well (in tune, for maximum resonance), can "open up," and it is quite exciting to be the person that helps shape the fiddle's voice.

As far as bows are concerned, a bow needs to have good weight violin bow 60 to 62 gram, flexibility and balance between frog and tip. This is not always easy to gauge, and requires spending some time with the bow. If it is too heavy, it can strain your hand and even cause injury over time. If it is too light, it can make it difficult to produce a big sound. If it is either too flexible or too stiff, it will be less nimble in your hands. If it is not balanced, it will be difficult to execute advanced bow stroke such as spiccato (bouncing bow), sautille (really fast bouncing bow), ricochet (bouncing several times on a down bow or up bow) or other strokes.

Therefore, it's a good idea to have the violin "vetted out" by a trusted luthier. A good luthier will likely be able to verify the maker and/or approximate age of the violin. More importantly, he or she will be able to tell if the instrument is well or poorly made or if it has any structural problems.

Go to a big hall and play for someone, or let the other person play so you can hear what the violin sounds like from across, what impression it gives.
Try to play the violin in as many rooms as possible - from large halls to your practice room - to assess fully the capabilities of the instrument.