Buy viola

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pippa289 · 11/08/2020 10:15

Hi, my son plays viola and he will start JD from September. Now he uses a full size violin as 14 inches viola with a cheap student violin bow but I am thinking to get a small viola and a viola bow. He is 11 and he might need a bigger viola in the future, so I don't want to spend too much money for this time.

Do you have any idea which maker or model would be good and where to buy it?

We are in London.

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horseymum · 14/08/2020 07:37

I would consider myself quite musical but don't know the difference between a small viola and a violin of same size, is it anything other than the strings?

doesanybodyhaveamap · 11/08/2020 22:06

Good quality small Violas are really hard to find! We ended up renting one from Philip Brown Violins in Newbury after a real trawl of luthiers in and around Oxford and London. It's really hard to get a true sound on the C string on smaller size instruments but the one we have from them is pretty good.

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