This is a very beautiful student violin outfit that comes complete with Two Brazilwood bows (retail over $75, not fiberglass) It has double pearl eye, Real unbleached Mongolian horsehair, nice light weight case and rosin. It comes with a new bridge and high quality strings. Good sound.

FEATURES:

• Set up and ready to play
• Hand carved with high gloss finish
• Nice solid wood ( not fiberglass ) violin with genuine Mongolian horsehair bow
• Solid spruce top and solid maple back, sides, neck and scroll
• Hardwood pegs, fingerboard and chin rest with four fine tuners
• Lightweight case with rain proof canvas exterior and shoulder straps
• Large rosin cake

Violin comes in 8 different sizes: 4/4 (also called Full size), 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/16. 4/4 size being the biggest and 1/16 size being the smallest. All adults, regardless of their size, use the 4/4 violin. There is another uncommon size, 7/8, usually used by female professional violinist who wants a full-size violin sound but whose hand might be a little small for the full size violin. So violin makers would make violins just a little smaller than full size to accommodate these players.

To measure what size violin best suits you, you need to know the length between your neck and the middle of your left-hand palm (when your hand is fully extended and raised perpendicular to your body, just like holding a violin). Some teachers prefer students to use the length from the neck to the wrist for measurement instead of the neck to mid-palm approach. The violin size determined by the neck/wrist approach would be the size that is more comfortable for students to hold. The violin size determined by the neck/mid-palm approach would be the biggest size students should use.