•  School Music USA Violins •

String instruments for the beginning, intermediate, as well as the advanced player, Marquis string instruments are hand-crafted to exacting standards using select tone-woods. Skilled craftsmen in Europe and Asia work as a team to provide you with a string instrument that will perform for a lifetime. Expertly set up and ready to play, each instrument is adjusted to meet or exceed MENC (Music Educators National Conference) specifications.

Marquis MV-150 Violin

Marquis MV-250 Violin

Marquis MV-300 Violin

The Marquis MV-150 is one of our most popular student violins. It is designed and built by fine luthiers in Europe and Asia...this is an ideal instrument for the aspiring musician.

Additionally, this violin is set up and shop adjusted to meet or exceed MENC specifications, providing the student violinist an instrument that will open the door to the joy of making music.

For many decades, German violin makers have made quality violins for the world. Today, Germany continues to be a world leader in producing new medium- to high-end violins.

The Marquis MV-250 is one of our most popular instruments for advancing students. Rich and pleasing in its tone production, it is well-suited for solo performances as well as ensemble and orchestral use.

Additionally, this violin is professionally configured and adjusted to ensure playability, projection, and balance, providing the violinist an instrument that will respond to technically demanding music.European tonewoods (air-dried for a minimum of three years)

In recent years, a new generation of Chinese violin makers has emerged and set a higher standard of violin making. These luthiers are trained by the violin master-makers of the Western world and have access to some of the world's best tonewoods available from the untapped forests in China. The outcome is astonishingly high quality and beautiful violins at great prices.

The top is carved from well-aged and pronounced spruce. The back is of very deeply configured, seasoned maple, with sides, neck, and scroll to match. The Marquis MV-300 is truly a superb violin.

The workmanship and material of this violin also make it very stable and less susceptible to temperature and humidity changes, ensuring it will mature very well.

This combination of fine tonewoods and workmanship produces tonal qualities that are superbly harmonious and pleasing — very desirable traits for orchestral and chamber ensembles. When used for solo performances, the sound projection is powerful and unwavering.