Saturday, December 5, 2009

If i bought a cheap violin, can i still improve its sound? How?

Have it tuned proffessionally.



If i bought a cheap violin, can i still improve its sound? How?met opera



If it's a Lark violin, or anything with a bird name brand, they don't have fine tuners. There is nothing you can do if they don't have fine tuners. However, if it was realll cheap, at least you've got a good case and maybe an extra bow??



I found that just a violin case can cost more than cheap violins..



If i bought a cheap violin, can i still improve its sound? How?movie theatre opera theater



You could take it to a luthier and have them set it up better, including moving the bridge and soundpost, very likely. And then put a good set of Dominant strings on it.
i have a cheap violin and it's pretty hard to make it sound fantastic but if you buy some really nice expensive strings it makes a big difference.
The easiest thing for you to do is put a good set of strings on it. Dominants are the best ; they cost about $40 per set in the US. Many professionals use these on their very expensive violins.



You will be amazed at what an improvement this will make.



Make sure you use a good brand of rosin too ; throw away that cheap stuff that came with the violin.....it is rubbish. I use Pirastro Piranito ; cost is about $10 per block.



You could also upgrade to a better bow but I would wait and see what the good strings and rosin do to the sound first.



An improvement in sound quality can sometimes be achieved by adjusting the soundpost but this is a job for a luthier.
Cheap junk musical instruments will never sound like anything but cheap junk musical instruments... doesn't matter what they are.



The difference between a cheap piece of junk and something playable is the material it's MADE from... and you can't change that with some magic 'fix'.
I don't think you can. My teachers told me that 'CHEAP' instruments are really hard to make it sound perfect. I would get a good violin and not have the trouble about getting it in tune.



I think it has to do with the quality the violin was made.
A very violin bow and bowing technique can make cheapest violin sing.
from the twistey things on top
get a new bow

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