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From somarmd on 1/26/2013 2:09:20 PM

Hi I was wondering if anyone has any thought on renting a descent fiddle to start learning on?

I play some banjo and Ukulele but have been told Fiddle will be more challenging. So I thought renting would make sense.

Thank you

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	Lynn1 says: 1/26/2013 2:31:16 PM This is a totally, unqualified opinion, but I think that is a great idea. I am also a banjo player. I gotta say though that violins are generally less expensive than banjo's. Both my banjo's were over $ 2K. I checked into renting at our local violin shop here and could apply the first 6 months of rent to the purchase price. So, you don't lose anything. If you don't playing violin you can bring it back the first month. When I started playing banjo, I got some encouraging sounds right at the beginning. It is a complicated instrument. The violin, took me a few weeks to get some encouraging sounds. Then man, I really got interested and invested and bought a pretty nice violin. I think a good one is worth the investment. It will last a long time and sound and play really well. Your idea of renting is great and it will usually be a pretty nice violin while saving you bucks and taking the risk out of your trial. Just my opinion.
	somarmd says: 1/26/2013 2:59:20 PM Thanks Lynn, I appreciate your opinion. I enjoy learning banjo but it sure was a lot more expensive to get into it, especially since I had no rental options. I have fallen in love with bluegrass music and have the interest to expose myself, hands on with the instruments. I'm looking around to see what my rental options are. Thanks again!
	cmoore says: 1/26/2013 5:49:53 PM I rented my instrument when I took lessons and was even offered an upgrade to a nicer one a couple of months after I started my rental agreement. I think it's a great way to get started and it easier on the budget that going all out.
	texasadam says: 1/28/2013 7:32:25 AM Along the same lines as what cmoore said, what some violin shops will do is let you put a vast majority of your rental cost towards the purchase of a fiddle. In my case, when I was renting, I was paying something like $27 a month for the rental fiddle and $25 of that was accruing as a credit for when I bought one (I think the extra $2 was for insurance or something). So after 5 months of renting, when I did buy a fiddle, I had a $125 credit at the time of purchase. Pretty cool deal...
	paulinefiddle says: 1/28/2013 10:24:05 PM I always direct my students to a good luthier and have them choose a violin to rent with an option to buy. All of the rental money goes toward purchase of the violin you've been renting or anotherviolin. Kids can move up to a larger size with no extra charge.
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