The bow instantly started working after only 2-5 minutes of rosining, very happy to hear a sweet sound, started tuning the violin, and the tuning was very good, and surprisingly, I was so excited and overwhelmed, that after 2 hours of playing, I checked the tuning, and to my surprise, it was still in tune! This violin is made of solid wood, and looks STUNNING. It literally looks like something for 100,000$ and someone would fall for it, and the sound resonated soo well, and I 100% recommend this, NO DOUBTS!