Crafted in Romania by Master Luthier Vasile Gliga, who has over 27 years of experience, offering high-quality stringed instruments, including violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. Vasile Gliga is a Violin Society of America (VSA) member and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM).

Our instruments are made from carefully aged European wood that has been naturally dried for 15 years. This 1/4 (quarter-size) violin features a solid Carpathian spruce top and flamed solid Carpathian maple sides and back. It includes hand varnishing, hand-inlaid purfling, and expertly carved fittings made from exotic wood and ebony, all installed to meet MENC specifications.

Note: This product is subject to pre-order. Please contact us at 1300 749 77, 07 3876 3877 or dlasa@animato.com.au 

The following features characterize the Eastman Violin:

• Entirely hand-carved from a traditional selection of solid tonewoods

• Spruce top and maple back, ribs, and scroll

• Ebony fingerboard, pegs, and chinrest

• Genuine hand-inlaid purfling

• Stradivari pattern

• The violins are available in sizes 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 & 4/4.

• Includes a good timber bow

• The outfit also includes rosin and a high-quality shaped plywood case.

This is a Henri Farny violin made around 1910 and imported from Mirecourt, France to the USA with a label. Henri Farni’s works were mostly imported by Rembert Wurlitzer from Mirecourt, France to Cincinnati and New York USA. 

This is a French Basic Violin made about 1900. One of Animato Strings' largest selections of new and old instruments in Australia including Asian-handcrafted instruments, new European instruments, and a wide range of antique stringed instruments.

This is an antique Gliga Vasile professional violin in a Stradivari pattern. Made in Romania.

• Solid spruce top

• Solid maple back, neck, and sides

• Inlaid purfling

• Ebony heart pegs with white ball

• Ebony fingerboard

• Wittner ultralight tailpiece

• Ebony Teka chinrest

• Flamed Maple Bridge

• High flame

• Hand-applied antique oil varnish

• String adjusters in the built-in tailpiece

This is a Mirecourt Violin made around the 1930s with the label of a French luthier named L'Humbert. Emile L'Humbert is a French luthier who  settled in rue de Passy in Paris in 1906 and began to make beautiful instruments until 1920 for Parisian luthiers.

The Gliga II Violin Outfit comes with the following:

• Free Shipping

• Lightweight Oblong Case with Back Pack Straps

• Articul Carbon Fibre bow

• Violino Strings

• Ultralight Tail Piece

• Free professional setup

This violin is supplied by Boosey and Hawkes in London. Boosey & Hawkes is the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. It has been the major manufacturer of brass, string, and woodwind musical instruments until 2003.