Revelle Model 500 Step-Up Violin Outfit | AVS Student Series™

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Every configuration ships with shoulder rest and rosin included.

Choose Your Configuration

The Instrument: Revelle Model 500

The Revelle 500 occupies a rare and important position in the student market — an instrument serious enough for the advancing player, yet accessible enough for the committed beginner who refuses to outgrow their first violin in six months.

Built from solid European tonewoods with a hand-applied oil varnish, the 500 produces a rich, expressive tone that rewards developing technique rather than hiding it. The seasoned ebony fittings and Despiau bridge — the same bridge blank used on instruments costing significantly more — signal that Revelle built this violin to perform, not merely to sell.

This is the instrument we recommend when a parent says: "I want one violin that will last my child through their serious years of study." The Revelle 500 is that violin.

Who This Instrument Is For

• Students entering Suzuki Book 2 and beyond
• Students preparing for NYSSMA Level 2 and above (NY), NJMEA (NJ), TMEA All-Region (TX), FMEA District (FL), and CMEA Festival ratings (CA)
• Committed beginners who want an instrument they won't outgrow
• Students entering school orchestra or private study for the first time with serious intent
• Adult beginners enrolled in private study or the AVS Adult Academy

What's In The Outfit

Every Revelle 500 outfit from the American Violin Shop includes:

• Revelle Raven Carbon Fiber Bow — lightweight, responsive, and virtually indestructible
• Deluxe Oblong Case — superior protection for daily school transport
• Revelle Magic Rosin — specifically formulated for student players
• Shoulder Rest — properly fitted for immediate comfort
• Professional New York Setup — performed in our workshop before shipping

Professional Workshop Setup

Every Revelle 500 that leaves our workshop has been individually prepared:

• Despiau bridge — custom-carved and fitted to this specific instrument
• Fingerboard dressing — eliminating buzzes and optimizing playability
• Thomastik-Infeld Dominant strings — installed, tuned, and stretched
• Wittner Ultra tailpiece — the professional grade tailpiece that eliminates wolf tones and improves resonance significantly
• Soundpost adjustment — for maximum tonal projection and response

We do not ship instruments in factory boxes. Every instrument is individually prepared by hand before it reaches your door.

The American Violin Shop Promise: Grow-With-Us™

Every Revelle 500 purchase is automatically enrolled in our Grow-With-Us™ Trade-In Program.

When your musician is ready to move to an Artist Series or Master Series instrument, we will credit 100% of your original instrument purchase price toward your next upgrade.*

See Grow-With-Us™ program for details and conditions.

Your Purchase Makes an Impact

A portion of every Revelle 500 sale benefits our Music, Math, and Literacy Project™ — ensuring children in the most vulnerable communities have access to quality instruments and lessons. When you invest in your child's musical education, you help make that same opportunity possible for a child who cannot.

Paolo's Recommendation

"The Revelle 500 is the violin I recommend most often to parents who come to me frustrated — frustrated that their child's first instrument buzzes, goes out of tune, and seems to fight back instead of sing. The 500 changes that relationship immediately.

The Despiau bridge and solid European tonewoods give this instrument a tonal honesty that most student violins at twice the price cannot match. When a student hears themselves actually sound good — for the first time — something shifts. They practice more. They listen more carefully. They start to fall in love with the instrument.

That moment is worth every penny of the investment."

— Paolo Alberghini, Founder | Antique and Modern Violin Expert | Violinist

Founded by Paolo Alberghini — violinist, antique instrument expert, and former sales associate of Maestro René Morel's legendary New York workshop — and managed by the Alberghini Family.