I decided to give it a go with this instrument after trying to rent another one from a music shop. Not just the quality is superior in terms of size, tune retention and playability, but the price is unbeatable! It came very well packaged, in a lovely case, with all my daughter needed to begin her journey with the violin

My daughter loves it. It’s her very own instrument. Everything she needed came with it.

Average quality but works for a starter

Violin itself looks good, but got it with a broken bow, and supposed to be 2 bows in description, but got only one, box was damaged, returned . Supposed yo be daughter’s Christmas gift, needs to find something else now

I bought this as a gift for someone and couldn’t be more pleased. The violin is great quality, looks beautiful, and after some tuning sounds lovely. It came with everything needed for the recipient to start playing right away and she was delighted when she saw it.

Bonjour j'ai acheté ce violon cette année sauf que j'ai fait une erreur j'ai pas acheter le bon c'est un 3/4 j'aurai dû acheté un 4/4 pour adultes... C'est un violon de grande qualité. Bon son.. Etc sauf trop petit pour moi.. J'aimerai savoir si je peut l'échanger pour le même modèle mais un 4/4 merci de me répondre

Size: 3/4I play a violin myself but my daughter wanted to start violin this year and so I hopped online to see what was available in a beginner/kids format. After watching some reviews (Mostly Allison the Piano and Violin tutor) I ended up purchasing this Mendini MV500. So let's get to it!Contents:1 Violin2 Bows1 Case2 Bridges2 sets of strings1 tuner1 chin rest1 Rosin cakeBreakdown:Violin I think it was the Mendini MV400 that is the very orange-ish one; and my daughter didn't like the look of it so we ended up picking the MV500; which everybody thought looked great. So as far as looks; it's dark stained with some highlights on the shoulders. The neck itself is not suppose to be varnished; but it has a very very slight clear primer coating of some sort. The wood isn't too bad of quality, no major knots in the wood; or heavy intentations in the pattern and no rough grain; so the wood is not premium but is still choice wood. The scroll seems like it was done by a 1994 CAD machine; and finished by Johnny 5 from the movies; but probably won't effect sound much. Perhaps I am comparing it to my $5000 violin; but the craftsmanship leaves a lot to be desired. If you are handy and can do some woodwork; then this is the violin for you!The good:It's a good looking violinIt's not too heavythere wasn't any major injuries to the violinthe wood is of decent qualityit's got a decent tone when you put better strings on itPegs weren't too badFiner tuners were smoothThe Bad:Fit and finishScroll work can use better workI suspect the purfling inlay is paintedfind a slight glob of varnish here and thereneck has some primer reminiscesuper fat bridge (both of them)the gapping on the bridge is slightly offthe fingerboard sides are sharp enough to cut sushi, and rip your hand when you change positionsOf all the items to complain about; the biggest has got to be.. the NUT!! enough for me to spend a paragraph on it.First; the nut (head) (the side towards the scroll) is unevenSecond; the nut spacing of the strings is slightly offThird; the nut (gutter) for the strings to sit in, seem slightly unevenFourth, my nut was sticking out on both sides! about 1/4th mm on the left side, and almost a full mm on the right side! Shift from third position to first, and bam! It was ridiculous, to the point I was about to return it.I had to go on a discussion board of Luthiers to ask around; but ended up watching youtube videos and maybe 50 or so images of people fitting a nut and filing one down, I stole an emory board from my wife's nail cutting kit; along with some painter's masking tape; and slowly filed it down until the nut was smooth and flush, and then I used a wood wax to polish it. This took around 2 hours total!While I was using the emory board; I went ahead and also filed down what I can only assume is unwiped uncleaned glue between the fingerboard and the neck.The nut was done horribly and I am unsure if that's just in the copy I got; or if this is about as much fit and finish they do for these models.the nut gutters are slightly not straight; making me wonder if it will add extra tension when I tune the strings and probably snap a string eventually at the nut location.the grooves in the nut are not well spaces; might is slightly biased towards the E-string side.The F-holes are cut fairly cleanly; but slight glob of varnish on it; which I remember was a problem on my very first violin I ever owned as well.The chinrest is plastic; but passable. The tailpiece is listed as ebony; not great; but ok. The pegs were Ebony and fairly easy to tune.The fine tuners are gold/brass plated and operate smoothlyThe end button seems ok.The bridge however; is WAY too fat; and that goes for both of the. The intents on them are not even; (the A string is biased more towards the E-string than it should be) So again; playable? yes... but fit and finish can use a little more fit and finish. Going over the rough spots with say; a 2000 grit sand paper; ups the playability of the violin considerably.. But that nut.... I'd give it a 5 star for the price, except the nut on it made it lose a star.2 Bows ~ TRASH. They are more crooked than most politicians.. I had an extra fiddlerman carbon fiber bow that I think I paid $67 for; and that's what she will be using. 10x the tone and weatherproof. The bows are basically like a funhouse mirror. Whichever way they were laying in the case is the side the wood droop towards. Buy a cheap carbon fiber bow. Most violin bows are 57grams to 63 grams. My expensive CodaBow GX came in at 60 grams. My cheap fiddleman carbon fiber bow came in at 62grams. Both of these; one came in at 67 grams; the other at a hefty 68 grams! Basically any techniques other than legato is not possible on these scoliosis bows is not really possible.1 Case ~ The case smells horrible.. like cheap china warehouse factory glue.. So I advise you to do as I did; and keep it open with a fan pointed at it for a day or two to air it out. It's super light; and has a slim pouch on the outside. The accessories cubby hole is way too small; I purchased the 3/4 but it's a full 4/4 sized bow they give you and not 3/4 and so the case WILL hold a full sized 4/4 bow. The Cubby hole will NOT fit the tuner that came with it, or even a pack of strings. Only thing you can fit into it is the rosin. There is no place for the chin rest to live; and the chin rest doesn't have collapsible feet; and so it mostly sits to the side of the neck of the violin; which makes me nervous. Today; I shrunk the chin rest as small as I can; and it BARELY fits under the neck of the violin in the case. So that's where it lives now.2 Bridges ~ The bridges are HUGE. Extra thick; not as big as the ones I saw on the $69 violins, but these are much fatter than my nice violin. Also; the string grooves are slightly off and one of the bridges had TWO markings for A string and two markings for D string; neither of which were correct.. The feet sit well; but there's a slight curve in the bridge itself; so I can't ever get it to stand at absolute attention with the backside straight. If I ever get it to a Luthier; I'd probably have them make me a new bridge and check that sound post position for me.2 sets of strings ~ It says they are strung with D'Addario Prelude Strings.. I call BS. The strings sound HORRIBLE. I didn't check what strings came with it; and I ordered some D'Addario Preludes only to find out that's what it came outfitted with. The strings that came with these sound HORRIBLE. Unless you are into replicating Seal mating calls; I'd change the strings. Like I said; I purchased and changed them to Preludes that I also bought from Amazon; and it was a night and day difference. The thickness alone was different. The peg holes for the string didn't even fit the preludes I purchased; and holding the G strings side by side; what I bought was MUCH thicker G string and much better sounding. I highly recommend purchasing aftermarket strings and not using the strings that came with the violin. The sound is night and day. The set of strings it came with; the G is flat and does not hold an even tone, to the point I was getting my dental mirror out to check that there was a bass bar in there. The G gave a "time warp" sound; very Dr. Who traveling in time; not really a desirable thing. So they got changed out the 2nd day. Do yourself a favor and buy a set of Preludes with your violin order; and don't bother with the original set of strings, you'll thank me. Your ears will thank me..1 tuner ~ One of the worse tuners I've ever seen. Throw it away. Delays powering on; the 440Hz tone sounds horrible; and tuning with it is inaccurate...1 chin rest ~ Way too small and not so useful. For my daughter; I'm just going to tell her to use a towel.1 Rosin cake ~ I had my daughter score the rosin and then use it. It's not a good rosin; I use the Jade L'Opera JADE Rosin for Violin have been using it for almost 20 years; and this is crap compared to it. So I'll probably be buying her, her own rosin cake.Overall; it's not a bad violin; certainly decent enough for a beginner. But the fit and finish especially on the nut is for me; what takes away a star.If you have the budget:1) Buy a carbon bow for it; I really like my Fiddlerman carbon bow for $67 at time or purchase2) Buy a new set of Prelude strings. Cost me $16.3) get a 2000 or 3000 grit sand paper and "finish" all the parts that they didn'tI know that would put this into almost the $300 range; but it's well worth it.I am debating if given a change; I would get a new nut made and a new bridge made. The problem with inexpensive violins is that it's difficult to justify spending that kind of money on it.Overall; good looking violin; decent sound; (neutral; not too bright; not too dark) fit and finish is about student grade; strings are crap; the bow is crap; the bridge can be better; the nut can definitely use some fit and finish. But overall; decent materials were used; you just have to put int a little labor to get it across the finish line.Would I recommend it? If you are a beginner, yes... assuming you have a friend/teacher who is willing to help you hack and tweak it.

Verry happy with this purchase . It came with 2 bows, and exstra set of stings, an exstra bridge, quality rosin, and a tuner . I like the fine tune knobs on this one. Very precise. I like the color of the wood. A great deal for the price. Sound quality is acceptable. Better than my other violin.

This violin is very nice sounds quite fine although i suggest using Dominant strings for intermediate players like me i love the colour and it comes with everything in the first picture so it met my expectations. But what happend with my violin was it was very late delevered i think that was on FedEx 's fault cause they said they attempted 3 times to delever it to my house but they in reality never came so i had to go pick it up myself.

My son is playing with his violin for more than 6 months and the sound of this violin is a lot better than his old Suzuki violin.

Good violin got a viola bow instead of a violin bow shoulder rest isn’t the best quality equals payment amount

The violin is good. However, there were no shoulder rest and tuner in the package as described. I have contacted Amazon for the missing items, and they have sent me another package, but these 2 items were not there in the 2nd package either. I'm so disappointed and wouldn't recommend this package to anyone.

I ordered this for my 12 year old niece, she's been playing since she was 7 and she loves it! ... I played back in the day so I know how factory strings usually are, so I replaced the factory strings with the "D'Addario Helicore Violin String Set, 3/4 Scale, Medium Tension" strings right off the bat and used "Dark Sherman Violin Rosin" on the bow and even her instructor was impressed with the way this thing sounds and plays.The tuner is accurate enough for playing in a group and it's fairly easy to use. You can plug in an electric instrument for tuning or you can use the built in microphone. The tuner has a headphone jack as well ... it also has a metronome built in which is nice.