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Danielle · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 793 Location: Toledo, Ohio

My parents said they would buy me a new violin from Shar because I was accepted into the Toledo Junior Youth Orchestra so I was wondering if any one had any suggestions. My parents will spend an absolute max. of $3000 and I was wondering what violin to get. I was looking at the Sofia models and the Collector's Series.

Any suggestions Question

Kaspar Weiss · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 114

Sofia is allways a good choice for someone at your age. Ask and make sure the violin you buy is hand made. Factory stuff sounds too fake to me. Although a good instrument is nice, you should also be looking at bows. A good bow is vital...its your voice. You might have a nice bow allready, so...anyways, I recommend Sofia. Happy buy.

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Danielle · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 793 Location: Toledo, Ohio

FYI- I do have a nice Klaus Becker Bow a $600 one, I just need the violin. Very Happy

Associate Concertmaster · Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 567 Location: Decorah, IA

Kaspar Weiss · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 114

Yep...deffinitely. Also (its a bit risky) look on Ebay. I went on their last month and saw someone that didn't know anything about violins that was selling a genuine Amati for $100!!!

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Guest · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject:

How could you tell it was genuine if you just saw it on ebay?

Kaspar Weiss · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 114

EXTREMELY detailed photos
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Heather Stewart · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 622 Location: Canada

How do you know for certain it was a genuine Amati?

Andrew Poole Todd · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:07 am Post subject:

Haha you're quite the kidder, Kaspar...

strauss83 · Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 310 Location: Massachusetts

Hey. I saw that violin on ebay... not a real amati. It was in the style of amati and it was hand-made, but the quality was just not there to be a real amati. Looking at the scroll and the corners, they seemed very "box-y", like the bought a scroll block that was a little too small and wanted to use the whole thing (or needed to use the whole thing). Amati was not a maker for true musicians (the poor people). His instruments were pieces of art even in his time (made violins/violas/gambas for kings). They The price they sold at would have been comparable to a $20,000 violin today... not that cheap and people that sell at that price need to have not only functional instruments but also need to look good.

strauss83 · Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 310 Location: Massachusetts

Hey. I saw that violin on ebay... not a real amati. It was in the style of amati and it was hand-made, but the quality was just not there to be a real amati. Looking at the scroll and the corners, they seemed very "box-y", like the bought a scroll block that was a little too small and wanted to use the whole thing (or needed to use the whole thing). Amati was not a maker for true musicians (the poor people). His instruments were pieces of art even in his time (made violins/violas/gambas for kings). They The price they sold at would have been comparable to a $20,000 violin today... not that cheap and people that sell at that price need to have not only functional instruments but also need to look good.

Guest · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

Be sure to try before you buy...! Wink

Giles · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Posts: 406 Location: England

Sorry, that was me...
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neuyorkluva · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 437

will they only get you one from shar? there's many places out there that is a LOT cheaper than shar and you can probably find something that's way better than a sofia with 3000 bucks. did you check any local violin shops around your place? i personally prefer going into ashop to tryout instruments instead of them shipping it to me, it just makes the process less complicated.

Trebexein · Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 365

Why don't you just not shop online and actually go to a music store. At a music store, you can actually test out the quality of the violin before actually buy it.