The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello, and double bass.
A violin typically consists of a spruce top (the soundboard, also known as the top plate, table, or belly), maple ribs and back, a neck, a bridge, four strings, and various fittings, optionally including a chinrest, which may attach directly over, or to the left of, the tailpiece.
Violins are available in 8 different sizes: 4/4 (also called full size), 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32. Size 4/4 is the biggest and size 1/32 is the smallest. All adults, regardless of their sizes, use the size 4/4 violin.
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). If you have a teacher, you should ask for your teacher′s recommendation. If you don′t have a teacher, we would recommend using the neck/wrist approach for students instead of using full size.
The following table lists the length of each violin size. Find your length by using your preferred approach and use that to determine the size of violin to get.
Violin Sizes | 4/4 (Full Size) | 3/4 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 1/8 | 1/10 | 1/16 | 1/32 |
Length | 23" | 22" | 20" | 18.5" | 16.5" | 15" | 14" | 13" |
1. After you use it, you should wipe the rosin power on the violin fingerboard, violin string and violin body with a dry and soft cloth, so as not to affect the violin sounds clear and even the performance results caused by long accumulated.
2. After the violin is used for a long time, dust and rosin power accumulated in the violin belly, then what you have to do is to remove them every once in a while. One way is to pour clean and dry rice into the violin belly, and shake the violin body all around, finally pour out the rice with dust.
3. Please place the violin in a cool, dry place to prevent moisture and bonding gap. And the string should be looser in the rainy season.
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Be careful not to snag your bowstring on the fastener when you take it out of the violin box.A new bowstring is loose before you rosin the bow, and please take the bow out carefully and gently.
Violin Size | 4/4 |
Face Material | Basswood |
Back Material | Basswood |
Tailpiece Material | Aluminum Alloy |
Top Material | Maple |
Bridge Material | Maple |
Violin Bow Material | Arbor |
Chin Rest Material | Blacked Wood |
Tuning Peg Material | Blacked Wood |
Violin Dimensions | 56 x 19.5 x 7cm |
Violin Color | Multiple Colors |
Weight | 1140g |
Case Dimensions | 79.5 x 25.5 x 12cm |
Bow Length | 68.6cm |