--- product_id: 10971346 title: "SV-100" brand: "cremona" price: "£240.50" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/10971346-sv-100 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Solid spruce top & maple body for rich tone 4/4 full size for serious learners 4 smooth fine tuners on composite tailpiece SV-100 **Brand:** cremona **Price:** £240.50 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎶 Elevate your practice with the SV-100 — where craftsmanship meets your musical journey! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** SV-100 by cremona - **How much does it cost?** £240.50 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/10971346-sv-100) ## Best For - cremona enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted cremona brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Optimized String Setup:** Correct height & spacing for perfect finger positioning & intonation - • **Complete Student Outfit:** Includes quality bow, rosin, and protective case for ready-to-play convenience - • **Balanced Lightweight Design:** Oiled maple neck & Kaufman-style chinrest for comfort & control - • **Pro-grade US-made Prelude Strings:** Educator-approved strings for clear, reliable sound - • **Precision Rosewood Pegs & Fittings:** Hand-carved for smooth tuning and classic aesthetics ## Overview The Cremona SV-100 is a full-size (4/4) student violin crafted from solid spruce and maple, featuring US-made Prelude strings and precision rosewood fittings. Designed for aspiring musicians, it offers a balanced, lightweight build with fine tuners and a Kaufman-style chinrest to enhance playability and tuning accuracy. This outfit includes essential accessories, making it a trusted choice for educators and learners aiming for quality sound and ease of use. ## Description The cost of getting the right instrument for an aspiring violin player never became easier than with the Cremona SV-100 Premier Student Violin Outfit. High quality tone woods are expertly crafted into instruments that play and sound great, ultimately encouraging the learning process Review: broke in the first class - I was very happy with the desertcart's service quality, the logistics of delivery was astonishing. The violin arrived in excellent condition, but when the teacher adjusted the bow it broke, and I seem the theacher weren't rough with the violin. And then when my daughter used that violin for the first time the piece containing the strings (tailpiece)lost its screws, she and I were very disappointed because that not even premiered. The violin's teacher will help us find the fix, because although it is relatively an easy arrangement, this event means investing time in bringing it to be fixed up. He thinks this is a very nice violin but those breakdowns occurs because maybe the violin have been stored for a long time. I felt frustrated. Review: a fine little fiddle for tiny tots - The little violin arrived promptly and in good order. The bridge was down, but it was intentionally packed that way. The sound post was still in place (usually it will be), so it was easy to set the bridge properly and tune the strings. (If the sound post is fallen, this is not a serious problem, but don't try to set it yourself, bring it to a violin repair professional.) The pegs worked well. One cannot expect a great tone from such a tiny instrument, but it is a real, playable violin. I have replaced the tinny Chinese strings with Pirastro's and that improves the sound and volume. No fine tuners were provided with the fiddle so I bought a set of Suzuki tuners from another source (they are very inexpensive) and put them on when I changed the strings. The violin came with a good case, and the bracket inside holds the bow securely. I had only one problem, and that was with the bow. I rosined it for weeks and it simply would not hold rosin. This meant that it could not grip the strings properly but would slide around and produce only a faint tone. I thought maybe the bowhair was some sort of inferior synthetic; however, when I brought it to my local violin repairman, he assured me it was genuine horsehair, but quite dirty. On that basis, I think I understand what happened, and I will explain it because this problem is likely to be encountered by other parents. Whether a bow is big or small, new bowhair never holds to the string. It needs rosin, and at the start, lots of it. A repair shop always has powdered rosin on hand, and when run through it, new hair quickly becomes fit for use. But at home you will likely have only a cake of rosin. In fact, the little violin comes with a cake of rosin. When you first open it, take a nail or a pin or an unbent paper clip and scratch the surface of the rosin with about 10 lines, then rosin the bow a lot until it will grip the strings securely. My mistake was that although I did rosin the bow quite a bit at first, it was not enough, and then another factor took over: to understand this, I need to cite another rule, which is that one should never touch the bow hair, because the oil from the skin makes it slip. Well, try explaining this to a very young child. My daughter would frequently pick up the bow by the hair. Perhaps if there had more rosin on it in the first place, the effect of this might not have been quite so severe. But the combination of not enough rosin and the child continually handling the hair had such a bad effect that it would not hold more rosin. Clearly this is not the fault of the Cremona Company. I don't know if there is a perfect solution, but I suppose the best you can do is (a) make sure the bow is thoroughly rosined before the child ever tries it; and (b) always place the bow in the child's hand at the frog (bow grip), rather than letting her pick it up herself -- to the extent possible, and watch her like a hawk. Another problem you are likely to encounter with a tiny violin is that the G string (the lowest string) is likely to "wow" (rapid fluctuation in pitch) as much as one full tone whenever you draw the bow across it. This is a physical/acoustical problem, even with strings specifically made for this size violin, and quite disconcerting. My replacements for the original Chinese strings were Pirastro "Piranito" for the upper three, and "Chromcor" for the G. The upper strings now sounded louder and better, but the G still had the bad fluctuation. I have since discovered that Pirastro now makes the "new formula" Tonica strings in 1/16-1/32 size, and I have reason to think they have tried to address this problem. I will report back when I've had a chance to try them. ## Features - Every Cremona student violin comes with US-made Prelude strings, the educator's preferred strings for students - Properly fitted rosewood pegs and quality lightweight composite tailpiece with 4 smooth fine tuners for easy tuning - Low profile Kaufman-style chinrest, oiled neck for better feel and well balanced bow for ease of playing - Correct string height and string spacing for accurate finger positioning and intonation - Rosewood fittings, hand carved solid spruce and solid maple body, lightweight construction means quality workmanship - To learn more about the fantastic features of this product, see Product Description below ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0026IC6U6 | | Back Material | Maple | | Best Sellers Rank | #87,720 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #239 in Acoustic Violins | | Body Material | Maple | | Color Name | Natural | | Customer Reviews | 3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars (56) | | Date First Available | July 23, 2009 | | Fretboard Material | Dyed Rosewood | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item Weight | 1.05 pounds | | Item model number | SV-100 | | Material Type | Wood | | Neck Material Type | Maple | | Number of Strings | 4 | | Product Dimensions | 23.5 x 8.25 x 3.75 inches | | Size | 4/4 | | String Gauge | Medium | | String Material | Alloy Steel | | Top Material | Spruce | ## Product Details - **Back Material Type:** Maple - **Brand:** Cremona - **Color:** Natural - **Finish Type:** Oil Rubbed - **Instrument:** Violin - **Item Weight:** 1.05 Pounds - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 23.5 x 8.25 x 3.75 inches - **Size:** 4/4 - **String Material Type:** Alloy Steel - **Top Material Type:** Spruce ## Images ![SV-100 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/614aYzrHLfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ broke in the first class *by A***A on April 17, 2012* I was very happy with the Amazon's service quality, the logistics of delivery was astonishing. The violin arrived in excellent condition, but when the teacher adjusted the bow it broke, and I seem the theacher weren't rough with the violin. And then when my daughter used that violin for the first time the piece containing the strings (tailpiece)lost its screws, she and I were very disappointed because that not even premiered. The violin's teacher will help us find the fix, because although it is relatively an easy arrangement, this event means investing time in bringing it to be fixed up. He thinks this is a very nice violin but those breakdowns occurs because maybe the violin have been stored for a long time. I felt frustrated. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a fine little fiddle for tiny tots *by P***I on December 8, 2009* The little violin arrived promptly and in good order. The bridge was down, but it was intentionally packed that way. The sound post was still in place (usually it will be), so it was easy to set the bridge properly and tune the strings. (If the sound post is fallen, this is not a serious problem, but don't try to set it yourself, bring it to a violin repair professional.) The pegs worked well. One cannot expect a great tone from such a tiny instrument, but it is a real, playable violin. I have replaced the tinny Chinese strings with Pirastro's and that improves the sound and volume. No fine tuners were provided with the fiddle so I bought a set of Suzuki tuners from another source (they are very inexpensive) and put them on when I changed the strings. The violin came with a good case, and the bracket inside holds the bow securely. I had only one problem, and that was with the bow. I rosined it for weeks and it simply would not hold rosin. This meant that it could not grip the strings properly but would slide around and produce only a faint tone. I thought maybe the bowhair was some sort of inferior synthetic; however, when I brought it to my local violin repairman, he assured me it was genuine horsehair, but quite dirty. On that basis, I think I understand what happened, and I will explain it because this problem is likely to be encountered by other parents. Whether a bow is big or small, new bowhair never holds to the string. It needs rosin, and at the start, lots of it. A repair shop always has powdered rosin on hand, and when run through it, new hair quickly becomes fit for use. But at home you will likely have only a cake of rosin. In fact, the little violin comes with a cake of rosin. When you first open it, take a nail or a pin or an unbent paper clip and scratch the surface of the rosin with about 10 lines, then rosin the bow a lot until it will grip the strings securely. My mistake was that although I did rosin the bow quite a bit at first, it was not enough, and then another factor took over: to understand this, I need to cite another rule, which is that one should never touch the bow hair, because the oil from the skin makes it slip. Well, try explaining this to a very young child. My daughter would frequently pick up the bow by the hair. Perhaps if there had more rosin on it in the first place, the effect of this might not have been quite so severe. But the combination of not enough rosin and the child continually handling the hair had such a bad effect that it would not hold more rosin. Clearly this is not the fault of the Cremona Company. I don't know if there is a perfect solution, but I suppose the best you can do is (a) make sure the bow is thoroughly rosined before the child ever tries it; and (b) always place the bow in the child's hand at the frog (bow grip), rather than letting her pick it up herself -- to the extent possible, and watch her like a hawk. Another problem you are likely to encounter with a tiny violin is that the G string (the lowest string) is likely to "wow" (rapid fluctuation in pitch) as much as one full tone whenever you draw the bow across it. This is a physical/acoustical problem, even with strings specifically made for this size violin, and quite disconcerting. My replacements for the original Chinese strings were Pirastro "Piranito" for the upper three, and "Chromcor" for the G. The upper strings now sounded louder and better, but the G still had the bad fluctuation. I have since discovered that Pirastro now makes the "new formula" Tonica strings in 1/16-1/32 size, and I have reason to think they have tried to address this problem. I will report back when I've had a chance to try them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great value *by T***D on November 17, 2012* I was nervous about purchasing a violin online for my 8 year-old son, but in the end, he loves it and it actually is BETTER than the one he learned with at school. The tuning pegs hold their tension better (a big problem with the learner violin we rented) and it actually sounds rather good; very warm sounding and proper intonation; much better than expected for the price. This purchase makes me question the merits of renting in the future. ## Frequently Bought Together - Cremona SV-100 Premier Novice Violin Outfit - 4/4 Size - Essential Elements for Strings - Violin Book 1 with EEi | Beginner Violin Method Book with Online Music Lessons | Hal Leonard Essential Elements Series for Classroom and Self-Study - EVEREST EZ-4A Violin Shoulder Rest 4/4 Size - Adjustable to 3/4 Size --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/10971346-sv-100](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/10971346-sv-100) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*