--- product_id: 1095990 title: "Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size)" brand: "cecilio" price: "421.18 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1095990-mendini-by-cecilio-mv650-ebony-fitted-highly-flamed-1-piece store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Flamed Maple Back Includes Tuner & Metronome 4/4 Full Size Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) **Brand:** cecilio **Price:** 421.18 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎢 Elevate Your Sound, Embrace the Stage! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) by cecilio - **How much does it cost?** 421.18 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1095990-mendini-by-cecilio-mv650-ebony-fitted-highly-flamed-1-piece) ## Best For - cecilio enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted cecilio brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Confidence in Quality:** Enjoy peace of mind with a 1-year warranty against manufacturer’s defects, so you can focus on your music. - β€’ **Durability Meets Elegance:** Ebony fingerboard and tailpiece with mother of pearl inlay provide a luxurious touch while ensuring long-lasting performance. - β€’ **Unleash Your Inner Virtuoso:** Crafted with a solid hand-spruce top and a stunning flamed maple back, this violin is designed for both beauty and performance. - β€’ **Precision Tuning at Your Fingertips:** Equipped with 4 detachable fine tuners for effortless pitch adjustments, ensuring you always sound your best. - β€’ **Complete Package for Aspiring Musicians:** Comes with everything you need: 2 Brazilwood bows, extra strings, rosin, and a lightweight hard case for easy transport. ## Overview The Mendini by Cecilio MV650 is a full-size 4/4 violin featuring a solid hand-spruce top and a highly flamed 1-piece maple back. It includes premium components such as an ebony fingerboard, two Brazilwood bows with genuine Mongolian horsehair, and a complete accessory kit, all housed in a lightweight hard case. With a 1-year warranty against defects, this violin is perfect for both beginners and seasoned players looking to enhance their musical journey. ## Description The MV650 intermediate to professional violins are finely crafted to meet the needs of a professional violinist. It features hand-carved spruce top and premium 1-piece solid flamed maple back and sides finishes with beautiful varnish and inlaid purfling. Equip with ebony pegs, fingerboard, chin rest, and tailpiece includes mother of pearl inlay and four fine tuners. Package includes a lightweight form fitting hard case with a blanket (to protect your violin), pockets and backpack strap, making it convenient to carry to school or orchestra. Also the following accessories are included: 2 (two) Brazil wood bows with ebony frogged and unbleached genuine Mongolian horsehair, an adjustable shoulder rest with soft foam padding & soft rubber feet, rosin, bridge, and an extra set of strings. Limited time offer: Bonus: Cecilio 92-D chromatic tuner with metronome with purchase. Teachers Approved! Review: Fell apart in minutes! Buyer Beware!!!! - It broke the first time we touched it. The violin teacher was luckily there to grab it before it completely fell to pieces and the sound board collapsed. I called them and they sent me a wire. They think it's a manufacturing defect and they sent me a wire. I am supposed to now take the thing apart and fix it? One wire. Kudos for a human answering the phone and doing something but I just bought the supposedly nicest violin in the pack and it fell apart. I don't want a new wire. I want a functional new violin, what I THOUGHT I bought! Low quality ! Fell apart ! Customer service was nice but not really any good if they think that is going to appease me. Review: Great buy for any player. - Bought this for my wife. This violin took only minutes to assemble. You really don't have to have it set up professionally if you do your research and educated yourself. It isn't that big of a deal. Search Youtube as they have many good related videos. This violin looks very nice and has a nice finish. The strings are cheap and basic but these need replaced anyways as time goes by. I can see no defects or major issues in the finish. My wife's music teacher plays professionally and she agrees it is a great value for any beginner to learn with. It sounds great also, very crisp and has good tone. Iv'e heard it side by side with more expensive violins and it is comparative. It is a great buy and we have no regrets. ## Features - 4/4 (Full Size) Violin with solid hand spruce top, highly flamed 1-piece maple back and sides - Ebony fingerboard, chin rest, & pegs, and ebony tailpiece with mother of pearl inlay and 4 detachable fine tuners - 2 x Brazilwood bow with unbleached genuine Mongolian horsehair - Includes: a lightweight form fitting hard case, adjustable shoulder rest, rosin cake, bridge and an extra set of strings - 1 Year Warranty Against Manufacturer's Defects ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0020288LO | | Back Material Type | Wood | | Brand | Mendini by Cecilio | | Brand Name | Mendini by Cecilio | | Color | Pearl | | Customer Reviews | 3.5 out of 5 stars 35 Reviews | | Finish Type | Varnish | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00847848014536 | | Hand Orientation | Right Handed | | Included Components | with case | | Instrument | Violin | | Instrument Size | full-size | | Item Dimensions | 32 x 12 x 5 inches | | Item dimensions L x W x H | 32 x 12 x 5 inches | | Manufacturer | Cecilio Musical Instruments | | Manufacturer Part Number | 4/4MV650+92D | | Model Number | 4/4MV650+92D | | Operation Mode | Manual | | Size | full-size | | Top Material Type | Spruce | | UPC | 847848014536 | | Warranty Description | 1 year warranty against manufacturer's defects. | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Mendini by Cecilio - **Size:** full-size - **Color:** Pearl - **Item dimensions L x W x H:** 32 x 12 x 5 inches - **Top Material Type:** Spruce - **Back Material Type:** Wood - **Finish Type:** Varnish - **Instrument:** Violin - **Operation Mode:** Manual - **Manufacturer:** Cecilio Musical Instruments ## Images ![Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41qwG8k6gDL.jpg) ![Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41aIRn9pE1L.jpg) ![Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/411Lbcr97JL.jpg) ![Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Oq1umsjUL.jpg) ![Mendini by Cecilio MV650 Ebony Fitted Highly Flamed 1-Piece Maple Back Violin + Chromatic tuner w/Metronome, 2 Bows, Extra Set of Strings, Shoulder Rest, Extra Bridge & Case in 4/4 (Full Size) - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41idgFAAqNL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐ Fell apart in minutes! Buyer Beware!!!! *by M***. on October 6, 2014* It broke the first time we touched it. The violin teacher was luckily there to grab it before it completely fell to pieces and the sound board collapsed. I called them and they sent me a wire. They think it's a manufacturing defect and they sent me a wire. I am supposed to now take the thing apart and fix it? One wire. Kudos for a human answering the phone and doing something but I just bought the supposedly nicest violin in the pack and it fell apart. I don't want a new wire. I want a functional new violin, what I THOUGHT I bought! Low quality ! Fell apart ! Customer service was nice but not really any good if they think that is going to appease me. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great buy for any player. *by R***F on August 12, 2015* Bought this for my wife. This violin took only minutes to assemble. You really don't have to have it set up professionally if you do your research and educated yourself. It isn't that big of a deal. Search Youtube as they have many good related videos. This violin looks very nice and has a nice finish. The strings are cheap and basic but these need replaced anyways as time goes by. I can see no defects or major issues in the finish. My wife's music teacher plays professionally and she agrees it is a great value for any beginner to learn with. It sounds great also, very crisp and has good tone. Iv'e heard it side by side with more expensive violins and it is comparative. It is a great buy and we have no regrets. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Playable after a few upgrades. *by R***S on September 10, 2013* I bought this Violin/Fiddle ( I will be calling it a fiddle for the purpose of this review) to help my 7 year old son practice his fiddle lessons. I wasn't planning on taking up the fiddle at the time I purchased this, so I just needed something inexpensive to demonstrate what he should be doing, or sound like. I had played violin, and cello as a child, and I also play guitar, and a little piano, so I am a bit of a help to him getting through his fiddle homework from his teacher. I really wasn't expecting too much from this fiddle, and that is partly why I gave it three stars instead of two. I had researched many instruments under $200.00 and decided on this one, because it had real ebony fingerboard, and pegs, not painted black wood. Also I liked the fact that it had inlaid purling. The extra items that came along with the instrument other than the case, were of no real importance to me because I knew I would need to upgrade the bow, and strings. And good rosin is pretty cheap ( around $10.00). The good: The fiddle came set up with strings and bridge. If you are a new player, it is intimidating to to string and set up the bridge on your instrument. The fiddle did in infact have ebony fingerboard and fittings. Right out of the box, It was playable, but the sound wasn't very good. I could have left it as is, for a teaching aid I suppose, but I wanted to get the best possible sound out of it. The bad: The fiddle had a terrible smell out of the box, I suspect it was the varnish that was used. I could live with it, but someone sensitive to smells might have a hard time. The strings that come on the fiddle, and the extra set are really terrible. Tinny, and buzzy. I had already planned on upgrading the strings. I actually purchased a set of D'Addario Helicores at the same time I purchased the fiddle. Replacing the strings is a must if you want to be able to play without being frustrated by the scratchy sound these produce. The fine tuners were impossible. They simply weren't big enough to get the ball end of the strings through. They didn't look like the fine tuners I had been used to, so I took them to our fiddle teacher, and asked her to help me. She couldn't get them to work either. She said I would need to put a new tailpiece on. I took it to a local luthier, and had them replace the tail piece that came with it, with a whitney style tail piece with fine tuners. The luthier advised me not to spend anymore money on this fiddle, as it was just not worth it. I wasn't planning on it anyway, and I knew it was a really cheap poorly made instrument, so his response didn't shock me. The bows that came with the fiddle starting falling apart right away. The hair was constantly snagging on things, and getting ripped out. I decided to upgrade the bow to a carbon fiber bow, and was much happier with the results from that bow. The varnish on the back of the fiddle, comes to a really abrupt stop on the neck. The neck should NOT be varnished.( I saw some reviewers complaining that the neck had no varnish. This is how it should be. The varnish will mix with the oil from your hands, and become sticky, making sliding up the the neck really hard) This fiddle has a clear line of demarkation where the varnish stops. I noticed on my son's much more expensive fiddle, it is a really gradual fade that is hardly noticeable. Also, the neck on my son's fiddle, although varnish free, has been sanded to a really smooth glossy feel. This fiddle feels like it was given a preliminary sand with a rough grit, and then never finished. The action is very high ( the distance from the string to the fingerboard, higher action means you have to press harder to get a good clear tone from the string) this could be fixed by having it re-set up by a luthier, but I really wouldn't waste the money on this instrument. The case is really cheap as I expected, the inside pieces started coming unglued within a few months. Although I didn't buy it for the extra items included, the shoulder rest is also very cheap, it falls off a lot, and I replaced that as well. The rosin is ok. It works. I didn't receive the tuner with my purchase. The verdict: This is an extremely entry level instrument. For the price, you can upgrade the bow, the strings, and tail piece, and end up with a violin that will last through your first year or two of lessons and is still pretty inexpensive. It is in no way professional level, as stated in the description. It was playable though. I bought a cello online many years ago, and what I received was a cello shaped object. Completely unplayable in every way. This fiddle served its purpose as a teaching aid for me. And I have decided to start lessons myself. I just upgraded to a french trade violin from circa 1890-1913 the difference is remarkable in tone, action, and response. In general if you are looking to get this for yourself or your child who wants to take lessons, I would say you are better off renting from a quality violin store. The ones in my area rent good quality violins for under $30.00 a month. Rent until you are sure this is something you want to do (i'd say at least a year) then shop around locally for an instrument you can try out. Or use an online violin store that offers in home trials. If you are looking for a throw away instrument like I was this will get the job done for you. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1095990-mendini-by-cecilio-mv650-ebony-fitted-highly-flamed-1-piece](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1095990-mendini-by-cecilio-mv650-ebony-fitted-highly-flamed-1-piece) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-21*