VIOLIN USER GUIDE 1.VIOLIN TUNING Tips: Before tuning, apply rosin to the tuning pegs and holes to enhance stability. Push inward with a little hard while screwing the pegs helps to keep stay in tune. * Step 1: Tune the strings —— Check the Pegmake sure the peg is not too loose or too tight.Push the peg back to its proper place on the pegbox. Rotate the peg in acircle to spread the compound around the edges of the hole. * Step 2: Pluck a note on the"A" string —— Use your fingers to pick at the string, striking a note The tuner dial willmove up and down to show you where the note is. Ensure the notesays"A" in the corner when you pluck the string. * Step 3: Turn the pegs to make larger adjustments —— Move clockwise to make it higher or counterclockwise to make thenote lower. Make small moves, less than 0.25 inches(0.64 cm)at a time to adjust the pitch. 2.VIOLIN BRIDGE INSTALLATION Step 1: Set the Violin Bridge —— Loosen the strings slightly to avoid breaking the strings when placing the bridge. Step 2: Align the Notches —— Align the notches on the code with all the four violin strings carefully. Step 3: Make the Code vertical —— Hold the bottom of the code with both hands and stand vertically on the panel. Step 4: Correspond to Notches —— Place it in the middle of F holes and correspond to both notches horizontally of "F" holes. 3.PROPER USE OF ROSIN A new rosin should First scrape one side with a hard objecttofacilitate rosin attachment to the bow. Rub the bow head first , then rub it down to the end of the instrument to ensurethe same thickness 4.NOTES ON USING THE BOW When the bow is not in use, loosen thescrew to make the bow bend naturallyand loosen the hair. When playing, turn and tighten the rootscrew so that the bow shaft is 8-9mmaway from the bow hair. Take a pocketknife and cut three to fourparallel lines on the rosin so that there willbe texture to the rosir Then rub the hair overthe rosin from the frog to the tip of the bow. The bow must be tightened and rosined in order to produce a sound on the violin. The bow is aconsumable.The hair may break off one or less pieces during rosin or playing, don't worry, justuse scissors to cut off the broken hair then you can use it as usual.