About Brand Names on Violins
Parents call me all the time and say "Do you carry X-Brand?" or "My child's teacher
says I should get a Z-Brand Violin." If the violin sounds great and plays well, I couldn't care
less about the name on the inside. I hand pick every instrument for sale and rent at High
Strung. Sometimes they are famous brands, and sometimes they are from such small shops
that there's no way they would be well-known names.
Violins are wooden instruments, and each one, even within the same make and
model, will vary in terms of its tone and workmanship. Buying a violin isn't like buying an
iPod or Shampoo; it's more like buying a horse or a house. An iPod can be mass produced
with consistent, nearly identical results, which makes it an ideal commodity to market on the
internet. Horses, houses, and violins all have characteristics that can be generalized, but each
individual item may be very different from the next.
I tend to work with companies that provide good service and consistently good
instruments. But I don't hesitate to send instruments back if they don't meet my
standards for what I want in an instrument at a particular price level.
Christine Spiak, Co-owner,
High Strung Violins & Guitars
Parents call me all the time and say "Do you carry X-Brand?" or "My child's teacher
says I should get a Z-Brand Violin." If the violin sounds great and plays well, I couldn't care
less about the name on the inside. I hand pick every instrument for sale and rent at High
Strung. Sometimes they are famous brands, and sometimes they are from such small shops
that there's no way they would be well-known names.
Violins are wooden instruments, and each one, even within the same make and
model, will vary in terms of its tone and workmanship. Buying a violin isn't like buying an
iPod or Shampoo; it's more like buying a horse or a house. An iPod can be mass produced
with consistent, nearly identical results, which makes it an ideal commodity to market on the
internet. Horses, houses, and violins all have characteristics that can be generalized, but each
individual item may be very different from the next.
I tend to work with companies that provide good service and consistently good
instruments. But I don't hesitate to send instruments back if they don't meet my
standards for what I want in an instrument at a particular price level.
Christine Spiak, Co-owner,
High Strung Violins & Guitars
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