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Coming from the maker of the £800 single maker Chinese violin which has been so well received by advanced players, and the Chinese pernambuco and carbon with pernambuco veneer bows, this violin is £1600.  It is made by the master luthier of the company concerned, from wood aged more than 15 years.  It has a one piece back and a powerful sound. This is a violin intended for an advanced player. It is not quite ready to send yet because as usual with this soft Chinese spirit varnish, it sustained varnish damage in transit (unfortunately it was travelling during the...

Note to self: never ever accept any maker's suggestion to use China Post surface mail again.  Suck it up and pay for proper sea freight or airmail. I have been eagerly awaiting a shipment from Tian Yin since July 22nd, very nearly two months.  By ordinary sea freight that would be here by now.  Here is what Chinapost says (worth noting for anyone buying items from China with free shipping).  This is from http://track-chinapost.com/?p=686.  Summary: air mail takes 2 to 8 weeks, surface mail up to six months!  The bit about mock tracking numbers at the bottom will be of interest...

Apologies for the extended delay this time.  Gliga closed for their summer holiday and didn't put up an autoresponder so I did not know what was happening. With the exception of left handed Gama violins, which are now in the varnishing workshop and expected here by the end of August, everything has been sent from Romania today by truck.There will be one 4/4 Gama, one 4/4 Genova 2 and two 4/4 Gems 1s and 2s "spare" for order.  If you want one, get your order in, because at the moment it is taking me six weeks to get orders.  Always...

for £23.99 including bow and case and postage  You know that if it seems too good to be true it probably is, right?  It's a new dirt cheap Chinese one.  Unsurprisingly at the price.

If you are a parent buying for a child, I know you will want to check out your purchase with your child's teacher and sometimes the summer break is long.  Well, customer service always has been my priority and at this time of the year I extend the no quibble return period to September 30th.Just one note about this - one year someone tried this when her real reason for return was that she had found herself unable to sell the instruments on at an inflated price under a false description on ebay.  That is the only time I have...