I have now played my new violin for 3 days (approx 12 hours in total).The strings have now settled, and it is lovely to play, very mellow and warm sound, especially on the G- and D-strings compared to my cheaper violin. Perfect response, it almost feels like it plays by it self. The violin didn't come exactly as on the specification, it has ebony pegs and ebony chinrest, but that is OK, because I think it looks better with ebony than with rosewood. Yes, I am very satisfied.