Violin hire is a great way to get started. The instrument can appear within so many genres of music and forms the backbone of an orchestra. The violin has become extremely popular in recent years and is a beautiful sounding instrument. Every violin comes from trusted sources and we do not have any low quality instruments within our hire scheme.
Most violins have a spruce top and a maple back, side and neck. Sometimes poplar and willow are used but not very often. The quality of these woods, combined with the builders who make them form either a good or bad instrument. We carefully select where our violins are sourced and years of experience has shown us that a good violin makes a good violinist!
What makes our violins different?
We don't just rent any instrument, we want to encourage the player to learn and enjoy, so we take a good quality instrument and then:
- Adjust the height of the bridge and nut (too high and the strings are hard to press down, too low and they buzz on the fingerboard)
- Check the curve of the bridge (too shallow and you play 2 strings at once, too high and you catch the wood at the edge)
- Check the fit of the pegs (too loose and the instrument won't stay in tune, too tight and it's very difficult to tune!)
- Check the fit and position of the sound post (too tight and it can crack the violin, too loose and it will keep falling down. The sound is stifled if it is positioned incorrectly.)
- Fit high quality strings for increased sound quality (D'Addario Ascente)
- Fit a quality tailpiece with integral adjusters for ease of tuning
Louise Carbin –
Fantastic.The violin was ready for use when it arrived. Easy to arrange hire
Laura Tuck –
Really easy and very helpful. I messaged late in the evening and got a response within minutes. Delivery was within a couple of days and no problem when I had to change delivery address
Vicki Saunders –
Really efficient service. The violin we hired is in excellent condition and arrived in good time for my daughter's lessons.
Mark Takeuchi –
Online order was easy. Instrument arrived in very good condition.
Beth Hocking –
Simple to order and arrived quickly in tip top condition. Thank you.
Lindsay Hoyle –
Easy to set up. Quick arrival of instrument. So far I can't fault it
Anna Carrillo –
Lovely customer service, instrument delivered to our door on agreed date and time, instrument tuned, great experience so far.
Jennifer Gallagher –
Great service, easy to use website, quick and great instrument. Happy 5 year old and mum.
Suchitra Premchandran –
Very happy with the delivery and quality of the violin.
Hema Nanuwa –
Really helpful and amazing service. My daughter had her first class and loved her violin. Thank you.