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Kimberly Manning
- Sandpoint, ID
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Buying a violin for an adult beginner
Thanks to everyone who replied, I ordered the Franz Hoffman Etude from Shar Music after lots of shopping. It is beautiful! He nearly cried when he opened it, and began immediately to look up violin l…
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Buying a violin for an adult beginner
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Hello strings musicians! My wonderful husband has been dreaming of learning to play the violin for years. He is a 6'4", 190 lb. man with big hands, a great memory, and a sensitive ear. I have a feel…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kimberly Manning Jan 13.
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Thanks to everyone who replied, I ordered the Franz Hoffman Etude from Shar Music after lots of shopping. It is beautiful! He nearly cried when he opened it, and began immediately to look up violin lessons on youtube and to download a tuner app for…
G'day Kimberly,
Sorry I didn't see you posting earlier, but you seem to have got good local advice. Can I just add that good strings can make a violin sound a lot better. Much better value than cheap strings on a good violin. Strings do wear out, b…
Thank you Kelly!
Thank you Erin!
Hi Kimberly,
I have published two articles recently that you may find helpful. The under $1500 story was done several years ago. One was about what you get at different price points: I asked three well-known companies to send me three examples of t…
Hello strings musicians!
My wonderful husband has been dreaming of learning to play the violin for years. He is a 6'4", 190 lb. man with big hands, a great memory, and a sensitive ear. I have a feeling he will be great at it, and I'm so excited to…
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- Violin
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- Parent of young musician
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- World music, Bluegrass/folk, Classical, Worship
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