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Old 06-13-2018, 09:49 PM
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I'm an instrumental music teacher and a few years ago I went on a mission to find the cheapest solid-wood violin that I could recommend to my students who insisted on the $49 fleabay specials. Through International Violin (out of Baltimore, MD), I came up with the Palatino VN-450 for around $90. I had to file the nut slots a hair but it was playable. The weak link in all of these cheap violins is the bow. They're horrible. So that's an automatic replacement that you're already paying for. If you don't mind an ugly violin, contact a local rental shop. They periodically sell off their rental fleet when they're too beat up to go out again. Also, by far the best student string out right now is the Alphayue at less than $20.
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