On Thu, 17 May 2012 09:12:49 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> It took be about an hour to tune the violin when I first brought it
> home. As soon as I let go on the tuning peg, it would instantly go slack
> again. Took me ages to make it stick. Not sure if worn out or just
> poorly made in the first place...

Sounds like it's worn to me.  Peg Dope (which IIRC is the actual product 
name) is supposed to help with that.
 
> I'm wondering whether I should pay to have the violin restringed, or
> just buy a decent-quality violin. Given my playing skills, probably the
> former...

Replacing the strings is easy.  I wouldn't pay someone to do it, just buy 
a set of Dominant or similar and replace them one by one.

Jim

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