MONTHLY  rental  prices

Violins 1/32 - 1/4: $25 per month
Violins 1/2 - 4/4: $30 per month
Violas  12" - 14": $35 per month
Violas  14.5" - 16.5": $40 per month
Cellos: $60 per month
$50 Security Deposit Required for all rentals.
  • You can start a rental with only 1 month's rent up front.
  • Rent is due on the 1st of the month, regardless of what day you started your rental.  
  • Late rent does not accrue as credit, and a $5 late fee will be added to your payment if you pay after the 1st of the month. You are always more than welcome to pay earlier than your due date, or pay multiple months in advance!
A Maintenance Plan is included automatically with your rental.  It accounts for $5.00/month for violin and viola rental fees, and $10.00/month for cello rental fees. 

WHAT  YOU  GET:

*HIGH STRUNG RENTALS:
  • Instruments are set-up in our shop by our luthiers, and are guaranteed to meet or exceed your teacher's requirements.
  • Include D'Addario Prelude Strings, fiberglass or student carbon fiber bows, finger markers, rosin, cleaning cloth, pencil, and name tag for case.
  • A shoulder rest is included with violin and viola rentals.  A cello stop is included with cello rentals.
  • Maintenance Plans cover most major and minor damage, and include one additional set of strings (or four individual strings) in a 12-month rental period.  It does not cover heat damage (usually caused by leaving the instrument in a car), malicious damage such as carving initials in the instrument, loss such as leaving it on a bus, or theft from a car. However, if the instrument is stolen from your school or home and a copy of the police report is sent to High Strung, you are covered.  Damage to the bow and case is also covered.

RENTAL  EQUITY

  • When you or your child is ready for a step-up instrument, you can use 100% of the rent paid on time towards half the purchase price of a new violin, viola or cello (instrument only). (Please note, the amount paid monthly for the Maintenance Plan does not count toward your equity.)
  • You cannot buy the instrument you are renting.
  • You have 60 days after you return the instrument (and end the contract) to use the Rental Equity towards a new instrument purchase.