Florea Recital II Violin Outfit 1/2 Size

Where do I start? It's an all around great violin for a beginner student, which I am. I have no complaints on workmanship whatsoever. It's beautiful, sounds great, and will get me through to my goal of learning how to play. I'm proud of my violin and happy to have it.

This violin loses 2 stars and this is why: My 11 yr old son was accepted to a performing arts school last school year and because of his accomplishment I decided to buy him his own violin. The case is feather weight which is great because he carries a very heavy book bag and does not need the extra weight. The case has straps so he can carry it on his back like a book bag but the straps broke off within the first week so needless to say the way they are attatched is poor BUT thank goodness the case has a handle which is good. The violin itself is beautiful in appearance. The bow is also good and does not have any frayed hairs. My biggest complaint and what I consider to be its down fall is the pegs, they do not stay tight which causes the violin to not stay in tune. This is a big problem because for my sons end of the year recital his violin was not in tune. His teacher tried very hard to fix this problem and it was difficult. I now have to invest in new pegs before this school year begins and unfortunately the pegs cost a pretty penny if u want good pegs. The straps could have been better and the pegs which are VERY IMPORTANT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

I got this violin because I have been wanting to learn how to play for the fun of it, so I didn't want to put a lot of money into it. But I guess you get what you pay for. The fine tuner on the E string doesn't work at all and the one on the A string barely does. The nut is also incredibly high, making it very difficult to play, and the bridge isn't fit correctly. But it is a cheap student level violin, so I guess it could be worse.

I ordered this violin for my 16 year old son on Monday, 5-7-12. I went to pick it up today at Guitar Center and I refused to take it. One of the strings was broken, the bridge was broken, one of the pegs was rolling around loose and there were scratches every where. There were glue runs all over, and the smell of the glue was very over powering!! The finger board was very poorly painted in a flat black. It honestly looked like a child's toy that you would pay $7.50 for at one of the 'marts'. I would NOT recommend anyone to buy this. I can say however, that the people that were working were very helpful and courteous. I have purchased other items from this location in Flint and have always found the employees to be wonderful.

Really not worth the price. One of the strings broke twice on the first day. GC was very cooperative and ensured that I was totally satisfied with the purchase and had the string replaced, installed, and tuned on the first day of purchase. However when my son started playing it the same string broke again later on that evening. He took it to school the next day and his violing teacher told him it needed repairs and should take it to a violing repair shop. Something about the tuning screws was defective. The lightweight softcover case ripped in two places the first day. We took it back to GC and replaced it with the next step up.

Very nice product... Thanks.