Mendini by Cecilio 16-Inch Solid Wood Violin for Beginners Students, Hand-Carved Violin with Case, Bow, Rosin, Bridge and Strings (Black)
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Size: 16-in.
Color: Black
Features
- 16" Black Viola: Perfect for students & professionals, this viola delivers rich, warm tones. The sleek black finish pairs elegance with durability, making it ideal for performances or practice.The tiny violin-inspired design ensures ease of use while maintaining the rich, resonant sound expected from a professional-grade viola.
- Premium Materials for Superior Tone: Hand-carved from solid spruce for the top and paired with beautifully figured maple for the back and sides, this viola delivers exceptional clarity and warmth. Each component is selected to enhance acoustics, ensuring every note played resonates with precision.
- Smooth Playability: Equipped with a maple fingerboard, pegs, and chin rest, this viola prioritizes player comfort during long practice sessions. The alloy tailpiece features four integrated fine tuners, allowing for effortless tuning adjustments and superior intonation control, great for fiddle or classical styles.
- Complete Viola Kit: Includes a lightweight hard case protects your instrument when traveling; a Brazilwood bow provides smooth, responsive strokes; plus, you'll receive a high-quality rosin bar and bridge. Everything you need to play your tiny violin or full-size viola right away!
- Concert-Ready Sound: A perfect gift for beginner who love violas! Whether you're practicing at home or performing on stage, this viola is designed to meet diverse musical needs. Elevate your music journey today!
Description
The Mendini violas are teacher approved. This viola features a hand-carved solid spruce top, maple back and sides. Equip with rosewood pegs, chin rest, and fingerboard, and an alloy tailpiece with 4 built-in fine tuners. Package includes a lightweight form fitting hard case with pockets and backpack strap, making it convenient to carry to school or orchestra. Also the following accessories are included making this viola package great for starters: Brazilwood bow with unbleached genuine Mongolian horsehair, rosin, bridge, and an extra set of viola strings.
Brand: Mendini by Cecilio
Size: 16-in.
Color: Black
Item dimensions L x W x H: 35 x 7 x 15 inches
Top Material Type: Spruce
Back Material Type: Maple, Wood, Spruce Wood
String Material Type: Alloy Steel
Finish Type: Polished
Instrument: Viola
Operation Mode: Manual
Item Weight: 3.6 pounds
Product Dimensions: 35 x 7 x 15 inches
Item model number: 16"MA-Black
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: February 29, 2012
Back Material: Maple, Wood, Spruce Wood
Color Name: Black
String Material: Alloy Steel
Top Material: Spruce
Number of Strings: 4
Size: 16-in.
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Size: 16-in.
Color: Satin Antique
I wish I could put 4.5 stars as I don't want to give the impression that this is a perfect instrumment, but it is quite nice for a $100 piece. The first one I ordered had a warped and cracked fingerboard and had to be sent back, but the second arrived in good shape. I've only had it for a day and I am by no means a good string player, but this viola seems to keep itself in tune fairly well and it also has decent tone. The fine tuners are not great, but function just fine. The case is almost as good as the case my fairly nice violin came with. I've heard in other reviews that the strings are poor and should be replaced quickly, but they aren't terrible and if you're a beginner like me, they'll do for awhile. I had to score the rosin with a pocket knife before it would apply to the bow, which I'm given to understand is common, but not ideal (still, it worked). This brings me to the bow. The bow is very poor. Both violas I recieved came with warped bows and I can tell a big difference when I play with my violin's bow. In short, this is a good instrumment with some fixable shortcomings. The construction and tone are good, and I'm very happy with this purchase.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025 by Amazon Customer
Size: 16-in.
Color: Purple
Let me preface this review by saying, this is written after a frustrating and enlightening few hours tuning my new instrument, on the same day I received it. Was ironically heading out the door when it was delivered. I purchased the purple finished viola. Visually, looks great. Not much different from the viola I had in elementary & middle school. Aside from being purple, if you're unsure about color options, you'll fit right in with one of the wood vanish colors. I haven't played much since I dropped the viola. [idiom] Saw this was on sale, I have amazon prime so the price was probably better than what non prime members pay. For under 100 bucks I was pretty enticed, so I went ahead and bought one. A non-musically trained person might take one look at the bow and decide that the piece is crap. Yes and no. This is not as high quality as a 500 - 1000 or so instrument. There can be no debating that. But even with a high end instrument, (especially if it is shipped) your bow WILL have some loose hairs. Just cut them back at the tips carefully, this is normal. Not an indication of defect or poor quality. That said, as far as my semi-amateur eyes can tell, this is just as good. And it's great for beginners, BECAUSE BEGINNERS TEND TO WRECK THEIR INSTRUMENT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. Not true of everyone, but a slightly lower tier instrument is in my opinion a better investment especially for beginners. If it gets destroyed, or it's used for 2 years and abandoned. That's several hundred dollars "saved." As far as the tuning. I'VE NOTICED A LOT OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS. Mostly around the change of seasons. I'm assuming most of these reviews come from north america. Thing is, when the humidity changes, (it gets cold outside and thus people run their heaters) it changes the moisture levels of the wood in the instrument. It is entirely possible that some people received an instrument that didn't meet quality standards for one reason or another... But this seems unlikely, given the volume of negative reviews. It seems that these people didn't know how or had little patience in tuning their instrument. I spent at leas 2 hours tuning mine, not even fine tuning pray mind. Towards the end I was getting frustrated, and was tempted to call the piece crap and send it back. Bit more time and research led to better awareness and a nearly perfect pitch. Based on my impressions, I'd recommend this to any beginner or aspiring musician. It's a very solid entry level instrument, but tuning and care lead this to be a FINE ART. Something most people seem not to have patience for. I'll update this review in a few months should any of my feelings change significantly, else some material defect becomes apparent. I WOULD RECOMMEND however, a bit of time spent on YouTube and the internet researching the instrument. This is NOT A TOY and should respected. Like I said, string instruments are a fine art, the internet has lifetimes of experience and free information. Use it. Learn. Grow.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2015 by CongenialVirus
Size: 16-in.
Color: Natural Varnish
Let me start by saying this viola pleasantly surprised me on quality and sound for such a cheap mass made product. I've been a violist for almost 30 years, my daughter plays the violin and has been interested in trying the viola, since I didn't want to let her have mine, we often practice at the same times I thought I'd see about something cheap to see if she would want to continue to pursue it before dumping a ton of money into another viola. My main viola is easily worth over a grand so I know what a good solid made viola is like. This viola is much lighter than a professional instrument, however the craftmanship is much better than I would have expected for how cheap this instrument was. The pegs are strong the fine tuners work well. It stayed tuned easily even without using peg grease. The sound, with the given bow is decent and fairly rich. That being said the bow is extremely low quality, and has about half as much hair as it should. When swapping to a better bow the sound was more fluid. Keep in mind a decent bow generally costs as much as this viola so personally I'm glad they put more quality into the instrument itself. Strings are cheap but yet again decent strings are going to run you as much as the price of this instrument so no big deal. I think this instrument is decent enough for a student that wants to find out if they are truly dedicated before spending money on something higher quality. If you invest in a better bow and some better strings to go with it it is actually fairly decent, especially considering the price is unbeatable.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024 by Mother of Four AKA - SuperWoman