This famous violin-making region has been a centre of excellence for over 300 years. The Gliga workshops were opened in 1991 and one of the violins made there became a treasured possession of Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

This Genial 1 violin has an excellent sound and is highly suitable for  a beginner, and for the player taking lower grades.

It has a Carpathian resonance spruce top with the back, ribs and neck made of lightly-flamed maple. This version of the instrument is finished in natural satin varnish. The  fingerboard, pegs, nut and tailpiece are of ebony, as are the chin rest, saddle and end-pin.

The outfit is completed with a handsome plush-lined oblong case. and the bow is a suitable choice, made of brazil wood with natural stallion hair.