Online violin shops: an overview
Buying a violin online has long since lost its stigma, despite the misgivings that many musicians still have about the topic. Buying a violin online via the Internet offers indisputable advantages. Not only the extensive historical background information prepared by some premium online violin shops, the wide-ranging selection of instruments, too, alone gives musicians a dazzling spectrum of choices. While most online violin shops offer inexpensive mass-produced factory instruments, some very few specialized premium shops offer antique violins for sale, fine masterpieces, historic works and other rarities. Tip: take a look at the collection of Italian violins on the Corilon website.
List of online violin shops
The list of online violin shops provided here is intended as a point of orientation. The companies below were chosen by the site’s editors and are listed alphabetically; we would welcome information about other violin shops we have not yet discovered:
Corilon violins
Specialist of old stringed instruments and bows in various price ranges – from affordable to very fine masterpieces. Shop offers online audio sound samples. Apparently very high quality instruments. Generous return policy and trade-in program.
Located in: Munich, Germany
Shipping: international
Website: www.corilon.com/gb/
Thomann
Musical instrument store, new factory outfits, violin cases, accessories, violin strings, instrument sets.
Located in: Burgebrach, Germany
Shipping: international
Website: www.thomann.de
Shar Music
New factory products, strings, violin accessories, cases and equipment, factory sets, mainly accessory online store.
Located in: Ann Arbor, United States
Shipping: international
Website: www.sharmusic.com
Fiddlershop
New instrument outfits, factory violins, strings, accessories, violin cases and equipment, and other new violins online.
Located in: Pompano Beach, United States
Shipping: international
Website: www.fiddler-shop.com