| | |  | Violas | Home » » » Cremona SVA-175 Premier Student Viola, 15-Inch | | | | | | | Description: | | True violas in every size imaginable, for 4th grade beginners to experienced centenarians! With the same specs as our SV-175 violin, the SVA-175 15" viola offers all of the performance characteristics, playability and durability a violist could want. Shop adjusted. | | | Features: | |
• Hand-carved solid Spruce top Hand-carved solid Maple back sides neck and scroll
• Inlaid purfling
• Warm brown finish
• Ebony fingerboard and fittings VP-203 Cremona 3-star bridge VP-61 alloy tailpiece with (4) built-in finetuners
• LB-12V high-quality Brazilwood bow with Ebony frog and genuine unbleached white horsehair C-3905V multi-ply wood hard-shell case plush lined nylon covered case Shop adjusted
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 25.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 35.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 14.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 7.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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Good student viola for the priceDec 09, 2011
By Gregory A. Martin, Jr
I bought this viola for my 5th grade daughter to play in her school's beginner orchestra because the school-provided instrument was too small and pretty bad quality. I've owned a Cremona boxwood violin for quite a while and found it quite playable, so I figured this viola would be fine for her. She is now taking lessons and has moved up to the "advanced" orchestra. Her teacher loves the sound of this viola, as do I. I actually expected her teacher to look askance at the viola, but in fact she thinks it's great. When strung with good perlon strings (Dominants), it has a really warm throaty tone.
I would definitely recommend this viola for a beginning viola player. I'd have given it 5 stars, but the bow that comes with it is not great. The bow tends to be really skippy on the A-string; we've tried other bows and they were fine. I'd say if you get this viola and you get frustrated with the sound on the A-string, you could replace the bow with something better (a carbon fiber or pernambuco advanced student model) and you'd have a fine viola outfit.
The strings that come with the viola are not great, so you'll want to replace those (again, I recommend the Dominants). The case is great with lots of room to store all your stuff and very protected of the viola.
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