My 4 kids are growing up and they are in music class in school. We had to figure out what size violin to buy for the kids. Below is I found out researching violin sizes
Take a yard stick or measuring tape, which I call my "fiddle stick," and I use this to measure my students for the appropriate violin size. I place end of the stick gently at their neck, then measure to the line where their wrist meets the hand. Here are the measurements:
13 1/4 inches or less: 1/16 size violin
14 1/4 inches: 1/10 size violin
15 1/4: 1/8 size violin
17 1/4 inches: 1/4 size violin
19 inches: 1/2 size violin
20 1/2 inches: 3/4 size violin
21 1/4 inches: full size violin
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I have a small violin but don't know whether it's 1/2 or 1/4 size. Could you send me measurements for the different children's sizes. Do you sell cases, bows, chin rests?
Posted by: gerry | August 09, 2006 at 06:32 AM