Too bad it came in 3 pieces,, the strings unstrung and twisted everywhere.

We had little trouble tuning the violin for play using an app on our phone to insure each string was correct.

The bridge was not connected and there was a missing string.

I used my piano to tune the instrument (so yes, I know a little about music and have perfect relative pitch), and just as I finished tuning the four strings, when I went back to play each one from the start, it had already fallen FAR off pitch

The string broke immediately, but the instrument was well-packaged and prepared for shipping by someone who cares about instruments, so it may have just been bad luck

I even bought a book from the series I used in school - All for Strings: Comprehensive String Method, Book 2, and it doesn't feel any different taking 15 years off than the time I took 1 year off

If you try to get it perfect the first go round, you will break your strings and be a very unhappy future violinist

I bought this as a practice violin and the shipment came and the violin itself had loose strings everywhere.

The bridge is not fitted for the instrument, so the strings fall a few millimeters too high from the fingerboard but it is definitely playable

My violin is sturdy, the sound post is in the correct position, the finish is nice, the case is better than expected, my rosin is fine and it came in one piece, the bow is adequate and the strings are also adequate

However the G and D pegs where a little messed up