We bought my dtr a good violin for orchestra and it took us a year to get it paid for. She switched to bass after a few months but continued to play it. She, the Queen of Pink, found a pink violin on EBAY for $10.00 + 20 shipping. (I posted in another thread that it was more in shipping, but I just checked with her and the total was about $30.00). She needed money more than 2 violins, so she took them both to a music shop to sell the better of the 2. They told her the Pink one was much better (the case it came in alone was worth about $100.00) so they bought her first one, gave her a pretty good chunk of money for it, and told her to hang on to the pink one. So, check EBAY - you may be able to find one that you can afford. Her pink one is awesome! And it came with more than her first one. Good luck - one day you will have you violin
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