The Palatino VN-350 Campus Outfit is a student favourite because of its fine tone and easy playability for such a value-priced instrument. The violin has a solid hand-carved spruce top, solid hand-carved maple back, sides, and neck, and is completed with a golden brown finish and inlaid purfling. It comes with a Mongolian horsehair bow and a featherweight suspension case with blanket for a very low price.
The Palatino VN-850 Dolce Outfit is a step toward better quality for students advancing in their studies. The violin has a tight grained select spruce top, highly flamed maple back and sides, solid hand-carved maple neck, ebony fingerboard, chinrest, and tuning pegs, and is finished with an oil varnish that adds substantially to its appearance and also enhances the resonant properties of the tonewoods. It comes with a Brazilian bow with ebony frog and a nicely finished featherweight carry case. There's a choice of a 2-piece or a single-piece back.
The Palatino VN-950 Anziano Outfit is based on a classic Ferdinando Garimberti model. The violin features all ebony fittings and a brown satin finish achieved using a dry-water sand wax technique to give it an antique look. It includes an octagonal Brazilian bow with a mother of pearl decorated ebony frog and a featherweight suspension carry case.
The Allegro Cello Outfit from Palatino has been very popular with students because of its solid construction and fine tone. It is made with a solid hand-carved spruce, solid hand-carved maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard, and a maple bridge, and includes a Mongolian horsehair bow with an ebony frog and a padded carry bag.
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The Antonius VN-150 starter violin kit is just about the best value there is for beginning students. The violin has a spruce top, maple back, sides, and neck, a Mongolian horsehair bow, and it comes in a featherweight case for easy carrying.
