Choosing the Perfect Violin Size

 To measure the perfect violin size for you, you need to know the length between your neck and the middle of your left-hand palm (when your hand is fully extended and raised perpendicular to your body, just like holding a violin). Most violin teachers recommend to students to use the length from the neck to the wrist for measurement instead of the neck to mid-palm approach. The violin size determined by the neck/wrist approach would be the size that is more comfortable for students to hold. The violin size determined by the neck/mid-palm approach would be the biggest size students should use.

Violins are available in 8 different sizes: 4/4 ( full size), 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 and 1/32. Size 4/4 is the biggest and size 1/32 is the smallest. All adults, regardless of size, use the full size 4/4 violin.

You should ask for your teacher's recommendation. If you don't have a teacher, we would recommend using the neck/wrist approach for students not using full size; for students who are deciding whether to used size 3/4 or size 4/4, use the neck/mid-palm approach. The reason is it's always better to feel comfortable holding and playing the violin. However, in deciding between size 3/4 and size 4/4, if neck/mid-palm approach allows for size 4/4, then buying a size 4/4 could save you money since you don't have to buy another bigger size violin later. This is completely for practical reasons. You should still decide what best suits your need.

Violin Useful Information: How to take care of your Violin

Violin Useful Information: How to take care of your Violin: Basic Care: Do not store your violin in extreme hot or cold locations. If you live in a dry climate, you may want to consider using a h...

How to take care of your Violin

Basic Care:


Do not store your violin in extreme hot or cold locations. If you live in a dry climate, you may want to consider using a humidifier made for violins (excessive dryness can cause cracking or the seams of your violin to open).


Put a small amount of rosin on your bow before playing. Hold the rosin in your left hand, place the bow hairs flat on the rosin and slowly move the bow back and forth on the rosin.


Tighten your bow before playing by gently turning the tension screw. Avoid making the bow hairs too taut---the separation between the bow stick and hair should be about the width of a pencil.


Polish is rarely needed, and when necessary, only a commercial violin polish should be used. Cleaning the violin with furniture polish and/or water could damage the varnish and acoustics of the violin (water could also cause the violin seams to open).


After playing the violin, gently clean it with a soft cloth to remove rosin build-up on the strings.Keep a soft cloth in your violin case.Rosin will eat away the finish and leave it rough-looking.


Loosen the hair on your bow before putting it back in the case. If always kept tight, they will pull the bow out of the line.  




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