My 9 years old kid start to take the music class in school, and he pick violin as the instrument, I realize that it is much a difference of the price even for student, the local music store sell the violin for at least $180, but the big store like Target only sell it for $99, what is the difference between their product, besides the basic service I can get from the local music store, what is the value add I can get from their product. What is the pro and con for them.
Please give me your experience or suggestions, thanks.
Frankly, any violin you get for less than $250 is going to be a piece of junk, not to mention any violin is going to be hard to re-sell when he grows out of it in a few years – chances are he’s not ready for the full size yet. I suggest renting a violin – you can rent a better one than you can buy, it’s a lot cheaper, and if he sticks with it you can get him a good one in a few years when he’s ready for a full-size.
‘Cheap’ violins (which both of these almost certainly are) have poor sound, poor set up, and have trouble staying in tune, all of which will just lead to frustrate your son.
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Don’t buy the one at Target! That is a piece of JUNK. About the best student outfit you can buy at a low price is this one:
http://beststudentviolins.com/violins.html#outfits
Depending on what size you need, there are some on sale here:
http://beststudentviolins.com/Specials.html
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Frankly, any violin you get for less than $250 is going to be a piece of junk, not to mention any violin is going to be hard to re-sell when he grows out of it in a few years – chances are he’s not ready for the full size yet. I suggest renting a violin – you can rent a better one than you can buy, it’s a lot cheaper, and if he sticks with it you can get him a good one in a few years when he’s ready for a full-size.
‘Cheap’ violins (which both of these almost certainly are) have poor sound, poor set up, and have trouble staying in tune, all of which will just lead to frustrate your son.
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One thing the music store could size your child to get the correct size of violin. The violin will be "set up" which means ready to play. if you get the target brand the violin will need to be adjusted (set up) which you will have to pay someone to do. Also if there is a problem with the violin, no one at Target will no what to do with it. (ie. fix it) I work for a musical distributor which sells to music stores, I know we sell violins to stores that start out at $100, ask the store if they have a model that is less expensive. if not whats the music store’s name and phone number and i can tell them what i have to offer and maybe get you that $99 violin price you need from a store that can take care of you.
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