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Violins, violin models, and historically significant violin families.

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  • Andreas Eastman VL305 Violin

    Violin · China

    The Andreas Eastman VL305 is a step-up violin in Eastman's Andreas Eastman line, built with a select spruce top and highly flamed maple back, ribs, and scroll, an ebony fingerboard, hand-carved ebony fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau 1-Tree bridge, and a hand-applied shaded antique-style spirit varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered from 4/4 down to 1/4 and is aimed at advancing students and conservatory-bound players.

  • Hora Academy Violin

    Romania

    A violin from Hora's Academy line, aimed at students and advancing players. It is part of the Romanian maker's large range of factory-built violins exported worldwide.

  • Stentor Student II Violin

    Violin · China

    The Stentor Student II (model SR1500) is one of the most widely used beginner violin outfits, supplied as a complete set with bow and lightweight case. It has a hand-carved solid spruce top with solid maple back, sides, and neck, an ebony fingerboard, and ebony or composite fittings, and is offered in fractional sizes from 1/16 through full 4/4. It sits a step above the entry-level Student I and is a long-standing recommendation of school string programs.

  • Stentor Harlequin

    China

    Stentor Harlequin is Stentor's range of brightly coloured student instruments, offered as violin and viola outfits carved from solid tonewoods with quality fittings and finished in a variety of sparkling colours in a robust finish. Each instrument is checked for correct measurements and supplied in a lightweight shaped case.

  • Stentor Conservatoire Violin

    Violin · China

    The Stentor Conservatoire (model SR1550) is an intermediate step-up violin, hand-carved from solid tonewoods with a solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard and fittings, and an attractive amber-brown varnish. Frequently recommended by teachers for players moving beyond a first instrument, it is supplied as an outfit and offered chiefly in 4/4 with some fractional sizes.

  • Eastman VL Violin Series

    China

    Eastman's numbered VL violin range, ordered by grade number from accessible student outfits up to performance and master-level instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines, the Andreas Eastman step-up and performance lines, and the higher Jean-Pierre Lupot model, with higher numbers indicating progressively finer tonewoods, fittings, and hand-applied varnish. Models are offered in a range of full and fractional sizes.

  • Yamaha AV5-SC

    Violin

    The Yamaha AV5-SC is an entry-level acoustic violin outfit built on a Stradivarius-style pattern with a spruce top and maple back, sides, and neck, finished in hand-brushed oil varnish. It is fitted with an ebony fingerboard, ebony pegs and chin rest, a Yamaha original bridge, and a Wittner Ultra tailpiece with four fine tuners, and is shop-adjusted by Yamaha-trained technicians. Offered in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/16, the outfit includes a Brazilian wood bow, a shaped case, and rosin.

  • Stentor Student II

    China

    Stentor Student II is Stentor's most widely used student tier and a step above the Student I, offered as complete outfits for violin, viola, cello and double bass. Instruments are hand-carved from solid tonewoods with a solid spruce top and solid maple back and sides, set up with bow and case, and supplied across fractional sizes. The line is a long-standing recommendation of school string programmes.

  • Ascesa VL85 Violin

    Violin · China

    The Ascesa VL85 is an entry-level violin from Eastman's Ascesa student line, built with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings with a Wittner-style tailpiece, and a satin varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/16 and is aimed at beginners, schools, and rental programs.

  • Stentor Harlequin Violin

    Violin · China

    The Stentor Harlequin violin (model SR1401) is a coloured student violin outfit carved from solid tonewoods with quality fittings, offered in a variety of sparklingly attractive colours such as black, white, light blue, amber, rose pink and dark purple in a robust finish. It offers style and good tone, is checked for correct measurements, and is supplied as a complete outfit in a lightweight shaped case with full music pocket.

  • Samuel Eastman VL150 Violin

    Violin · China

    The Samuel Eastman VL150 is a fully carved student violin made from aged solid tonewoods, with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings, genuine hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and an amber-brown high-gloss varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern and offered in sizes from 4/4 down to 1/32, it is intended for beginning and advancing players in string programs.

  • Stentor Elysia Violin

    Violin · China

    The Stentor Elysia (model SR1875) is Stentor's advanced, individually handcrafted violin, built with a solid spruce top and solid maple body, ebony fittings, and a hand-applied spirit varnish. It is the highest tier of Stentor's orchestral range above the Conservatoire and is aimed at advancing and semi-professional players, supplied in full 4/4 size.

Makers

  • Philip Henry Holmes

    An American violin maker represented in the Met collection by a violin dated 1885.

  • Nicolò Amati

    A Cremonese luthier represented in the Met collection by a violin dated 1669.

  • Antonio Gragnani

    An Italian luthier represented in the Met collection by a violin dated 1783.

  • Joachim Tielke

    A German luthier and instrument maker represented in the Met collection by a violin dated circa 1685.

  • Antonio Stradivari

    A historical luthier associated with violins, violas, cellos, guitars, and other string instruments.

  • Carlo Antonio Testore

    An Italian luthier represented in the Met collection by a violin dated 1737.

  • Heinrich Gill

    Heinrich Gill is a German bowed-string instrument maker with a focus on handcrafted violin-family instruments, especially cellos and related orchestral strings.

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