Westbury Violin Outfit

This violin is well made with very carefully worked dimensions and a good sound and response. The case, although not oblong in design is very strong and is designed to allow the violin to sit on its rim or edges so that the back of the violin is suspended. The bow is a good quality carbon fibre or if you prefer, you can have a wood bow of similar quality. We usually fit these up with Dominant strings which is included in the price because we feel that upgrading the strings is necessary for this instrument to reach its potential. Other good quality strings can be fitted upon request.

Sizes available are 4/4, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 . We keep the full size (4/4) in stock but can get the smaller sizes to order within just a few days.

Specifications:
Accurate making and dimensions
Light Golden brown Spirit Varnish
Ebony Pegs
Ebony Fingerboard
Ebony Top nut and Saddle
Alloy Tailpiece with inbuilt fine adjusters
14" back length

Included in the outfit is:
Carbon fibre bow
Tough dart shaped hard case (Ply construction)
Upgraded strings

Violin set up
There is some misunderstanding about what this means or can mean. To some, it means standing the bridge, tuning the instrument and rosining the bow. This is not what it means to us, our set up does the following:

Sound post (the small cylinder of wood that stands inside the instrument)
The old factory sound post is removed and a new high quality post fitted accurately. This allows the instrument to be acoustically responsive as well as supporting the downward tension of the strings on the treble side.

Bridge
This is thinned and shaped to allow the vibrations from the strings to be transferred into the top efficiently. The feet are also fitted accurately to the instrument top.
The curve on the top of the bridge is set correctly to allow clean bowing of the inner strings and at the same time the height above the fingerboard is set.

Top nut
Strings are evenly spaced at the correct overall distance apart and the strings are set at the correct height above the fingerboard, this allows the players fingers an even amount of room to 'stop' the strings cleanly.
Excess material is then removed from the top surface of the nut. Lastly the string slots are graphited to allow ease of tuning.

Saddle (where the tail piece gut or nylon passes over the instrument back edge)
This is smoothed and the height adjusted if necessary.

Pegs
Often pegs are not perfectly shaped,which can lead to problems tuning the instrument. We remove the pegs, re-shape them as necessary then fit them precisely into the peg box using a reamer. Before final fitting,
a compound is applied to the pegs to allow firm but smooth movement for accurate tuning.

Fingerboard
This is shaped correctly so that the strings can vibrate freely without rattling against the fingerboard.

Bow
We clean the hair first before applying some good quality powdered rosin.

Enhanced set up
We also offer an enhanced set up which includes all of the above plus fitting a new high quality bridge and high quality branded strings (usually Pirastro or Thomastic) which allows for the best sound production of the instrument.
cost is usually an extra £15 plus the cost of strings which varies from around £30 to £50.