2000 Scherl & Roth (Korean) R300E4 4/4 Violin

Tone: It's clean, accurate, and has good power. If you like to hear individual notes leap out, it does that nicely. With different strings (it has simple steel-core strings on it at the moment) you would be able to coax more warmth and subtlety out of it.

Feel: It's "average" all-around here with a medium-heft neck and standard 7/8" nut width.

Interesting features: The orangey finish and simple cut clearly identify this instrument as being intended for the student market, but it does have "all the right stuff" you would want from a student instrument -- ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, good chinrest, nicely-fit pegs, and whatnot. It's Korean-made but marketed through Scherl & Roth, the well-known bowed firm.

Repairs included: It's had some cracks repaired, cleaning, setup and bridge work, and various adjustments done.

• Maker: Scherl & Roth
• Model: R300E4
• Body style: Strad-style
• Weight: 1 lb 4 oz
• Scale length: 12 7/8"
• Nut width: 7/8"
• Neck shape: medium C/D
• Body length: 14"
• Body width: 8 1/4"
• Body depth: 1 1/2"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid maple
• Bridge: maple
• Fingerboard: ebony
• Neck wood: maple
• String height: between fiddler and classical
• Strings: looks like Super-Sensitives

Condition notes: There are two repaired hairline cracks on the top -- one obvious and coming from the treble side f-hole to the bottom of the instrument and one almost hidden and tight and coming from the bass f-hole to the bottom of the instrument. Both are cleated and good to go. There's light wear throughout, otherwise, but aside from the cracks, it's pretty clean.

It comes with: I will include a decent case with it from my stockpile of spare violin cases.

Consignment tag: JW