I'm currently a high school student who has been playing violin for 8 years now. My current violin, which I have had for four years costed around $400, great for its price, but my orchestra teacher says that I must change if I want to move up in chairs. I am an intermediate/advanced player and am looking for a nice violin less than 1000 dollars. Any suggestions???

shar-music.com

http://sharmusic.com/violins_adv_body.asp?catID=2

Try looking through that site. I would go for a violin that costs about 800 dollars. That should work.

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http://sharmusic.com/moreinfogroup.asp?T1=AV100044

That was what I got when I was at around an advancing level.

shar-music.com http://sharmusic.com/violins_adv_body.asp?catID=2 Try looking through that site. I would go for a violin that costs about 800 dollars. That should work.

thanks. i was looking at that the other day and fell in love w/ the carlo lamberti master series violin. the only problem, it's a bit expensive and also, i have no idea how it'll sound =[ has anyone ever gotten this violin?

I know know about the master's series, but the one I had gotten when I was an advancing student did sound very good, and it's also a Carlo Lamberti.

Hopefully this helps

Take a look at www.stringworks.com . I have a Maestro violin from them; I love it. Great tone, and it's beautiful! I got many compliments on the look in my old symphony, even though most of the violinists in it had spent at least 10 times as much on their instruments.