It depends on what you mean by "very decent", but usually prices for students' violins go from 500€ up to 2000€. Professional violins are priced from 20000€ and more...

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Honestly, there really is no "value" on a violin. You can buy a violin worth $1500 but it will always sound like a $500 violin. The true answer to making your violin sound the best and looking its best is to clean it with Violin Polish and Violin Rosin remover, always re-hair your bow, and buy Thomastik Dominant violin strings. There is absolutely no reason why someone would buy a violin more than $1500 when all you have to do, just like a car is keep up with it. And if you truly love your violin, that's the true value, beautiful music.

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The above answer makes no sense on several levels and is obviously written by someone with very limited knowledge of the violin.

Of course the violin has value. Beginner violins have values in the $300-600 range, advancing ones to $10,000 and professional ones above that. You can't make a beginner violin sound as good as a professional quality ones, even with Dominant strings, which btw are very far from the best quality strings and are rarely used by professionals. I could write a book on this, and have.

Dave Lashof

Baroque

It's hard to find a warm sounding E string for violin because it is such a high note, but as for clarity there are a few brands I recommend. I personally use Pirastro Tonica strings, but I have friends who use Dominant.

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