Solid, attractive and affordable student model from the Samuel Shen company. Great set up done by our luthiers in house.

Good quality student model with dark varnish and moderately flamed maple back. We offer this model as our standard rental instrument.

Affordable entry point into the world of five-string violins. Solid construction and attractive dark varnish. Set up with a Wittner Ultra tailpiece and Helicore strings.

Tightly grained spruce top. Highly flamed maple back and sides. Finished with a blended spirit oil varnish.

Great step-up student model from Eastman Strings. Handcrafted with well-seasoned, select tonewoods and an attractive and durable hand-applied varnish. Boxwood pegs and chinrest.

Hand-crafted from well-aged tone woods with exceptional attention to detail. Antiqued hand-rubbed oil varnish. Two-piece maple back with ebony fittings.

New Romanian-made violin with European tonewoods and a big sound. Great value for an advancing student.

Popular model from Eastman Strings with select spruce top, flamed maple back and shaded spirit varnish.
Length of back: 357mm.

New German-made instrument from Otto Musica. Aged and flamed European tonewood with spirit varnish.
Length of back: 353mm.

Eastman violin crafted with German tonewoods. Clear, even tone. Lightly antiqued with a hand-applied spirit varnish.

Excellent responsiveness in a violin crafted from select Romanian spruce and maple. Lightly antiqued with a multi-layer spirit varnish.
Length of back: 357mm.

Eastman's Albert Nebel violins are crafted from aged European tonewoods and feature a hand-applied spirit varnish. Quality sound and playability for the advancing student at a modest price.
Length of back: 355mm.

Vintage Mirecourt violin from Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy. Strad pattern with a two-piece back.
Length of back: 357 mm.

New instrument from the Jurgen Klier workshop in Germany. Aged European tonewoods with tasteful antiquing. Set up with Evah Pirazzi strings.
Length of back: 352mm.

Vintage German violin labeled "Herman Lowendall, Berlin, 1921." Two-piece back. Excellent condition.
Length of back: 354mm.

Vintage French violin from the early 20th century. Tasteful Strad pattern with a two-piece maple back. Unlabeled.
Length of back: 360mm.

Vintage European violin labeled "Carlo Bergonzi." One-piece back. Excellent condition and great sound. Professional set-up.
Length of back: 362mm.

Early 20th century European workshop violin with a big, even tone. Excellent condition. Labeled "F. Saga Zurich."
Length of back: 359mm.

Beautifully flamed two-piece maple back and a highly select spruce top. These Eastman instruments are meticulously calibrated for optimum sound production and finished with a hand-applied, multi-layer amber spirit varnish.
Length of back: 355mm.

Excellent upper-level Eastman violin crafted with German spruce and maple. Classic look with lightly antiqued spirit varnish.
Length of back: 354mm.

Modern Romanian instrument with an old look and a big, deep sound. Great violin for the advancing player. Set up with Evah Pirazzi strings.
Length of back: 356mm.

Mature, robust tone in this Guarneri del Gesu model from the Jay Haide workshop in California. Tastefully antiqued golden-orange varnish in the style of the old Italian masters.

Beautiful Stradivari model from the Jay Haide workshop in California. Big sound. One-piece back. Set up with Rondo strings.

The Vuillaume model violin is the Jay Haide workshop's top offering. The pattern is based on the work of the great Parisian luthier Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, and the instrument is crafted with the finest European tone wood.
Length of back: 354.5mm.

Vintage German violin labeled "Carlo Micelli," a brand name used for higher-end instruments from the C. Meisel workshop. Excellent condition. Dated 1926 on the label.

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Vintage Amati pattern German violin. Lovely fiddle sound with a one-piece maple back. Labeled "Joh. Bapt. Schweitzer."
Length of back: 364mm.

Early 20th century Mirecourt violin branded "Nicolas Bertolini." Attractive fiddle with a dark sound. One-piece back.
Length of back: 362mm.

Vintage German instrument with a big sound. Tasteful flame on a two-piece maple back. Beautifully aged dark varnish. Labeled "Jospeh Kloz."
Length of back: 355mm.

German violin in great condition from the Heberlein workshop. Labeled "Heinrich Theodore Heberlein Jr., Markneukirchen, 1911," with the Heberlein mark stamped on the inside back.

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Early 20th century French violin from the Collin-Mezin workshop. Labeled "Ch. J. -B. Collin-Mezin fils" and dated 1928.

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Lovely 1934 Strad pattern violin made in Markneukirchen, Germany. Labeled and branded “Oskar C. Meinel,” one of the trade names used by the Ernst Heinrich Roth  workshop for violins sold in the United States.
Length of back: 360mm.

Tasteful early 20th century French violin labeled “J. Kochly,” a luthier who founded a music store in Bourges, France, under his own name. The “Kochly” label was used on instruments of varying quality made by outside workshops. This one is on the high end. Dated 1916 on the label.
Length of back: 358mm.

18th century French violin by Louis Guersan. Golden-brown varnish with a high arch and widely flamed one-piece maple back. In restoration. Inquire for details.

Stunning early 20th century French instrument from luthier Paul Kaul. Big, brilliant sound from a slightly larger than average violin. Labeled, "Paul Kaul, no 108, Nantes an 1919." Certificate by Jean-Jacques Rampol.

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1929 Guarneri pattern violin from the Ernst Heinrich Roth workshop in Markneukirchen, Germany. Pristine condition with well flamed two-piece maple back. VI-R model. Authenticated by the Roth firm.
Length of back: 360mm.

Early 1800s French violin from the Didier Nicolas workshop in Mirecourt. Stunning one-piece back.
Length of back: 361mm.