Handmade in Romania - Professionally Set-Up - Ready to Play - Warm Sound

The standard Genial 1 violin is set up with Romanian Steel strings and a standard tailpiece with 4 fine tuners. To select a case and a bow go to the top left menu and choose these items independently, or you can use these links for a 15" viola case and a 15" viola bow. All items will be shipped at once, in the same package.

The 15" Gems 2 Intermediate Level Student Violas are a perfect choice for intermediate level viola players, beginning viola players who want to start with a higher quality instrument, and beginning adult amateurs who want to learn how to play the viola as a hobby.

The combination of woods that is used at the manufacturing of this viola is as follows:

- Solid Carpathian Resonance Spruce (Latin name: Picea Abies (L) Karst) - used for the top plate of the instrument, the bass bar, the blocks, the corner-blocks, the linings, and the sound post.

- Solid Carpathian Flamed Mountain Maple (Latin name: Acer Pseudoplatanus L.) - used for the back plate of the instrument, the neck, the scroll, the peg box, the ribs, and the bridge.

- Ebony (Latin name: Diospyros sp.) - used for the accessories: fingerboard, pegs, top nut, purfling, chinrest, tailpiece, the saddle, and the end pin.

The Anatomy of a Viola

Shipping Information

All orders will be processed immediately and shipped out to you within 24 hours. Orders received on Friday or over the weekend will be mailed out on Monday.

All our instruments come with a 7-day trial period. The trial period begins on the day of delivery. You may return all items you purchased within 7 days of delivery. A refund will be processed promptly, as soon as the items reach our office in Vancouver. The items must be in the same condition in which they were when received.