Franz Hoffmann™ Danube Viola Deluxe Outfit - 16" Size

The Franz Hoffmann™ Danube Viola: Classic European Quality. Beginner-Friendly Price.

The Franz Hoffmann™ Danube viola is the first Hoffmann offering to be sourced from Europe. This means that, on top of the value and quality construction you’ve come to expect from Hoffmann, you are afforded the dark, rich sound quality long associated with European instruments.

With its excellent European construction and materials, the Franz Hoffmann Danube viola offers a better way forward for beginning musicians, a better chance at achieving excellence and learning to love to play the viola.

Danube violas are set up in Europe, then carefully shop-adjusted upon arrival at Shar’s facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This level of attention to detail and quality is rarely seen from any other viola shop online, but we at Shar strive to bring our decades of experience to bear to ensure that each Danube viola is among the best violas for beginners for sale. Each instrument is built from high-quality materials, featuring ebony pegs and fingerboard, a hand carved bridge, a durable oil varnish, and a composite tailpiece with four fine tuners. Each Danube is outfitted with D’Addario Prelude steel core strings and a Guarneri chinrest for comfortable playing.

This Shar-exclusive outfit is also packed with cool viola accessories, which afford students everything they need to get started on their path to musical excellence.

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Due to the hand made nature of these instruments, your viola may have a different visual appearance than what is pictured.

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Beginnings are critical. That is why we are committed to offering the best student instruments to beginning players. We believe this commitment is why Hoffmann instruments have become so popular with teachers, schools, parents, and beginning students of all ages.

We designed Franz Hoffmann instruments to give you the absolute best student violins, violas, cellos, and basses available on the market today. The consistent quality in materials, construction, playability, tone, and visual appeal make them a great value for every beginning string student.

Working closely with workshops, we have carefully designed and crafted each Franz Hoffmann instrument to ensure our specifications are met. These instruments are then sent to our Ann Arbor workshop to receive final adjustments assuring easy playability and polished looks.