Stentor Student Standard Violin Outfit 4/4 Full Size, Violin for Beginners & Kids 12+ with Wood Bow & Carry Case, Entry Level String Instruments, 1018A, Brown

Doesn’t power stuff

The violin is generally good and light, easy to carry. Everything was included inside: case, rosin, bow, etc. After rosining the bow, everything works well. I would be great to have some form of instructions as of how to do it. I would imagine it to be a great starter violin should everything be in perfect conditions. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the crown, being overly trimmed on one side, without enough height to support the E-string. This means that every time I, either pluck it, or stroke it with the bow, the string falls onto one side of the crown and slacks and thus unplayable. I tried tightening the string and deepening the groove ever so slightly, but that did not help at all. I would be in need of a crown replacement and some violin repair on the get-go and that is not a good sign of good product, service and quality assurance!

We read all the reviews on here and when we received the violin we also encountered all the problems the other customers had. The E string kept pinging off when plucked, this was fixed by making sure that the bridge was aligned properly with the arrows on the violin. Next when we came to tune it the E string snapped straight away. We purchased D'Addario Prelude 4/4 Scale Medium Tension Violin String Set and you can notice the difference in sound and quality straight away. After all the mishaps the violin is now behaving well!

I would not recommend buying this violin online. Or any violin online. There was something fundamentally wrong with it. We had to repeatedly tune it by taking to a specialist. It just kept snapping. In the end we probably spent more money on trying to fix it, than on the actual instrument. I would strongly advise buying a violin from a store, when if something goes wrong you can take it back.

I bought this violin as a total beginner as I had never touched previous. It wasn't one of those £70 cheap ones yet it wasn't a highly expensive one either. It came with a BEAUTIFUL case with 2 compartments. The outside one, I use for sheet music and the small on the inside, I use for rosin. The bow is quite nice with real horse hair (it really gives it a sence of premium quality). But, unfortunately, the G string snapped the moment I tried to tune it as the peg wasn't secured properly. Another bummer was that some of the varnish was chipped and cracked. This didn't effect the sound (I don't think) but it did effect the look and aethstetic of the violin. Overall, I would recommend this as it's still very usable, but maybe invest in some extra strings. I recommend Prelude stainless steel ones.

Not good for beginner, the peg are not tight

Detunes quite quickly, however the strings and pegs should get used to tuning after a while. Twist pegs in whilst tuning for a better hold. Sounds decent for the price.

Great for beginners, and for those who are starting back at violins.

Violon arrivé bien emballé. Mais avec une corde non montée sur les 4. Et une autre corde montée mais cassée.

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I bought it for my son for Christmas gift and he loves it, good quality 👍🏻

Ich besitze bereits eine recht teure Violine. Nun suchte ich nach einem günstigen Instrument zum Üben, damit ich nicht so darauf aufpassen muss. Eine ganz billige wollte ich nicht nehmen, die Stentor Student schien mir preislich akzeptabel. Grundsätzlich kann man mit dem Instrument durchaus spielen, wenn man es bereits kann. Man muss den Bogen recht fest aufdrücken damit ein brauchbarer Ton erklingt. Außerdem hat der Bogen etwas "Totzeit", man muss ein paar MIllimeter schieben damit ein Ton erklingt. Für Anfänger ist der hohe Anpressdruck nicht akzeptabel, so macht das niemandem Spaß. Mit einem hochwertigen Bogen aus dem Musikfachgeschäft klappt es viel besser. Ich glaube, wenn man einen neuen Bogen und neue Saiten kauft, funktioniert die Stentor. Äußerlich sieht das Instrument aus wie jedes andere auch. Noch ein Tipp: Nicht sofort nach dem Auspacken spielen. Durch den Transport scheint der Bogen feucht zu sein. Am besten ein paar Tage trocknen lassen. Die mitgelieferte Tasche ist o.k., neigt beim Abstellen auf dem Boden jedoch zum Umfallen.

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