How much does a violin cost?
Typical cost
100–20,000 $
The smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family, tuned in fifths from G3.
Student to professional instruments. Antique Italian violins sell for millions.
How that compares
Violin against things of a similar money.
Violin 100–20,000 $
Smartphone 100–1,800 $
Television 150–3,000 $
Bicycle 150–6,000 $
Bathtub 200–4,000 $
Exercise bike 150–2,500 $
Wheelchair 120–3,000 $
Window 250–1,800 $
How to read this figure
The range here is wide, and that is the honest answer rather than a hedge: the cheap and expensive ends of this category are genuinely different products, and the price gap between them is real.
Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.
More about a violin
- How much does a violin weigh? 350–550 g
- Violin vs Trumpet Side by side
- Violin vs Guitar Side by side
Common questions
- How much does a violin cost?
- A violin costs 100–20,000 $. Student to professional instruments. Antique Italian violins sell for millions.
Related pages
- How much does a violin weigh? 350–550 g
- How much does a piano cost? 3,000–200,000 $
- How much does a guitar cost? 120–4,000 $
- How much does a digital piano cost? 300–5,000 $
- How much does a drum kit cost? 300–6,000 $
- How much does a cello cost? 400–40,000 $
- How much does a trumpet cost? 150–4,000 $
- How much does a saxophone cost? 300–9,000 $
- How much does a double bass cost? 1,200–40,000 $
- How much does a harp cost? 1,500–60,000 $
- How much does a tuba cost? 2,000–30,000 $
- Violin vs Trumpet Side by side
- Violin vs Guitar Side by side
Sources
- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place