Ricardo Grandani Master Violin Outfit

The Ricardo Grandani Master is perfect for the violin enthusiast that is looking for a nicer violin.

The Ricardo Grandani Master Violin has higher quality tonewoods, beautifully decorated ebony fittings, and is all round a higher, much more refined quality instrument than the Ricardo Grandani .  For the player who is looking for that higher quality in an instrument.

Quite a few years ago I was unhappy with the violins you could get in this price class and after a lot of research and looking at hundreds of different instruments in the same range I decided that the best thing to do would be to design my own.

I now work together with a small family of luthiers that make the most amazing instruments that meet my fussy expectations.

There are so many Chinese makers flooding the market with cheap to average instruments, that the really good makers often get overlooked.

The great thing is that quite a few chinese makers there have won International violin-making awards in Europe, the US and Asian countries, so there are definitely makers of quality… Why China? I did also find some good European makers that made similar quality… BUT THEY WERE  3 TO 4 TIMES THE PRICE FOR EXACTLY THE SAME QUALITY OF WORK AND MATERIALS! That really didn’t seem like good value to me! This maker I found really takes his art seriously… he would carefully choose timers of great quality and beauty and hand craft instruments that not only sound great and are easy to play. His wife makes the varnish – when I last went there, she had lots of bottles of fine Italian recipe varnish curing in the sun on the roof of the workshop.

The great thing is: They look like a really beautiful older instrument!

• The Ricardo Grandani Master violin is easier to play, because I personally do my Master set-up, and it has an amazing and rich sound.  It is a known fact that many string players fail because the instrument they are playing are not been set up properly, and will not do what they need it to do. This can lead to problems with playing in tune, and in extreme cases, even RSI!  It’s just not worth taking the risk of buying a badly set up instrument.
• The Ricardo Grandani violin is designed by me
• the violin has been lovingly handcrafted using only the best quality materials. Everywhere you look on the violin you see perfection. From the masterly handcrafted scroll to the beautifully antiqued varnish after the recipe of the great Italian masters.

• Once you play your Ricardo Grandani Master violin you will find out why most people can’t make their violin sound good… The Grandani violin makes a much better sound than most instruments 4 times the price!

• Impress the other string players in the Orchestra:  The Ricardo Grandani has a beautiful varnish that is reminiscent of the French Masters.
• The instrument has  antique marks to celebrate the age old tradition of violin making by giving the instruments an authentically older look.

Over the years I have seen people make the wrong decision and be stuck with just awful sounding instruments, or instruments that needed to have hundreds of dollars of work done before you could even play them!  

There is a lot that is right about the Ricardo Grandani violin.

I particularly love the  beautiful sound. When I draw the bow across the strings the violin just produces the most beautiful sound that I could listen to all day, which is a good thing, because it makes you want to play more.

• The Grandani violin is easier to play that most other instruments under $5,000… in my opinion this is one of the best sounding violin under $5,000 for a much lower price
• It will take you to the next level of playing
• The Ricardo Grandani will allow you to really move ahead in your violin playing

It is made to my specifications from all the right timbers in the traditional way that has been used since the 16^th century in Italy. It uses the old Italian varnish recipe that has been antiqued to give you the feel of a real antique Italian instrument. Quick preview of what you will get:

Olaf Grawert Master Set-up

The Instrument:

• Top is made from good quality
  spruce
• Back, sides and scroll are made of nicely flamed Maple
• Quality ebony fittings
• Light weight carbon fibre tailpiece
• Quality traditional finish
• Excellent Sonorous tone
• Set up like a professional instrument
• Obligato strings

The Outfit comes with:

Bow – High quality wooden carbon fibre Bow

Case – Good Quality

Olaf Grawert Master Set-up

My instruments are easier to play, because I personally do my Master set-up. It is a known fact that many string players fail because the instrument they are playing has not been set up properly and will not do what they need it to do. This can lead to problems with playing in tune and in extreme cases even RSI!  It’s just not worth taking the risk of buying a badly set up instrument.

• Plane the Fingerboard to a professional
  standard. This means that you will have a fingerboard that has the same shape as that of most instruments that you will hear in concert halls around the world
• I will fit a professional quality French bridge crafted by a master violin maker with specialized acoustic knowledge to make the instrument sound the best that it can.
• Fit a professional quality soundpost to really bring out the rich tonal qualities. There is a reason that in many languages the soundpost is called the “Soul”. It takes a master to fit and move the soundpost into the right position to really make the instrument sing.
• I always fit the Instruments with great quality strings for that rich sound.
• Each peg is carefully refitted to make sure that if is very easy to tune the instrument using the pegs.
• The tailpiece is checked and refitted to make sure it is in the best acoustical position
• I check and recheck the string height and spacing to make sure it is absolutely perfect. It is only easy to play the violin when the string height is absolutely right.
• I always play each instrument and adjust it until I’m so happy with it that I want to keep the violin myself. I always try out the instruments far too long, because they are so much fun to play. This way you can be sure that when your instrument leaves my workshop, everything about it is perfect.

It’s here! It’s here!! OMG it is gorgeous. And I played some open strings, which is really all I’m capable of after this many years….but I must say I never recall a sweeter sound. This violin makes me sound like I know what I’m doing.

So incredibly happy. I can’t tell you how happy I am I made this purchase.

Somebody asked me why I decided to order from Australia when the UK has perfect good violin shops. And I said, well I trust this luthier to send me something lovely. And I don’t trust myself to know a good violin from a bad one.

Sophia, UK