Violin Rentals

Select Your Violin Series

Our 1000 series entry level violins are made from properly aged maple sides and back and a spruce top. Perfect for a beginner during their first year as their ear and technique develops.

Our 2000 series intermediate violins are made from properly aged, lightly flamed maple sides and back and a spruce top with a hand applied oil varnish. A good step-up for the progressing violin player.

Our 3000 series advanced violins are made from 5+ year old aged, heavy flamed maple sides and back and a spruce top with an antiqued oil varnish. This is our ideal learning instrument for violin players and will suit you, or your child, for years.

How Does the Rental Process Work?

1. Previously, you had to stop by one of our stores. While you are still welcome to stop by a store to rent a violin, we now have online rentals!
2. Simply fill out the 4-part form immediately above. You can opt to have us deliver the violin to your child’s school ($15) or you can pick it up from one of our stores. We can also ship the violin to your house (price quoted upon request).
3. After you have filled out and submitted the form we will call you for your credit card information.
4. By the way, the hardest part of filling out the form is the very first field: determining what size violin is best for your child. It’s not as hard as it sounds: next to each violin size we provide approximate arm measurements (extend child’s left arm out, palm up, and measure from side of neck to middle of the palm), as well as approximate age and grade ranges. If you aren’t sure what size – don’t worry – just select the size you think is best and mention it when we call for your credit card information.
   1. What if your child ends up with the wrong size violin? Just bring in the violin and we’ll swap it out for a different size.

We want your child to not just be successful playing their violin, but to enjoy it! The best chance of that occurring is with the right instrument for your child.

What happens with the rental and all of the rental credits at 36 months?

• Over the years we found what works best for the majority of our clients: those who are renting a fractional instrument continue to rent so they can easy upsize to larger instruments, whereas those who are renting a full-size instrument will convert from a rental to a purchase. We setup a page with information about our standard method for handling the rental at 36-months – if something different works better for you, let us know!

Violin Care Tips

• We include an instruction sheet with each rental, however, we also want to include some care tips here on our web site as well
• The bow strings should be slightly tightened before playing, and slightly loosened after playing and for storage. The bow strings are tightened by turning the screw below the frog. Your violin instructor will help you with this, and we can also show you how to do this.
• Violin bows need a small amount of rosin rubbed on the strings for sound. We include rosin with your rental. And, again, the amount of rosin is something your violin teacher can help you with – and we can also get you set with the first rosin application before you leave the store if you would like.
• When you are done playing your violin we recommend you gently wipe the strings with the included cleaning cloth to remove any rosin from the strings. This helps to avoid a rosin build-up on the strings. As you’ll quickly find with the violin: not enough rosin doesn’t sound good, and too much is also a problem!