Violins priced under $1000 are available from the Mario Cesare collection.

These violins are made for beginner violinists. There is a 1/4 size Suzuki violin. Then there are many other full size violins. They are all set up properly and will serve the purpose of introducing a student to violins with an instrument of reasonable quality and price. The price grouping is almost exclusively between $800 and $1000. Any difference reflects small differences in finish or sound. All should do the job of giving someone a decent violin to start playing. All should maintain value for resale to other students or trade in as you move up in skill and need a better violin.

You will notice the names include "Student violin" and "Beginner violin". The name means very little. As was stated previously they are all beginner violins. Even the Metzo and the Montreal violin are the same. They do not have the same quality of construction and therefore they do not have the sound of the better violins. They are good to begin on so that if you do the things that beginners do to violins, you do not worry about it. But they are all set up properly so that you can learn the positions and how to stroke with your bow.

You simply cannot get better priced beginner violins that are of real wood and that are properly set up.

1/4 Size Suzuki 1966

Beginner Violin #1

Beginner violin #2

Metzo violin

Czecho-Slovakia Violin #1

Czecho-Slovakia Violin #2

Student Violin #2

Strad copy 1713

No Name violin

Montreal violin