Holstein Premium Violin, Viola, Cello Rosin Red Low Dust Smooth Release With Hard Case

Easily my most favorite rosin I gotten. This beats jade and golden rosin in my opinion. It gives the no dust from jade rosin while delivering smooth playing. Its not to like sticky and the box comes with a magnet, which I like because it prevents like the case from sticking. Obviously it isnt durable, but no rosin is durable.

wow. Just wow. I've had 3 rosins in my 3 years of violin playing... Hill, Jade and this one and this just tops the charts for me! Been using it for a month now so this should give me a fair review pros: -It's a beautiful red color that even its specks look like hinalayan salt (pink) and it is my favorite color ... Very elegant to look at from the magnetic case to the rosin. I love the design of the cake as I can easily evenly rub the rosin on my bow. - LOVELY SOUND! It not only looks nice... It sounded to my violin warm, full and buttery smooth! My violin has a warm, 'masculine' yet sweet voice and I think this rosin enhanced it :) if my violin had a personality it would be the warm, sensitive and boy next door type :) - Despite being a bit pricey, each penny was worth it as I'm sure this would last me ages (and even of it didn't, I'd still buy it again because it made my practice sessions quite enjoyable) - superb customer service! The follow up was awesome! - I love how I wouldnt need to use a different rosin for the cold and warm weather. VERY cost effective :) Cons: -Quite dusty BUT it doesn't bother me because it sure looks like snow and I'm not asthmatic. - a bit fragile but not as expected. Ive read some reviews about this issue hence I was a bit cautious that it might break and it did crumble somewhat where the frog meets the rosin but once I got a hang of a technique so that it wouldn't touch... Voila :) Overall, an awesome product and I highly recommend you try it too :)

Produces a nice bright tone, smooth, not too dusty. Very easy to use container that doesn’t make a mess. Also looks gorgeous! Can’t recommend enough

I had ordered the carbon fiber bow from the Fiddlerman and wasn't really getting the sound I wanted out of it with the "student grade" light rosin that came with my violin outfit although the rosin seemed to work fine with the original bow. On a whim I decided to try this rosin, and I'm glad I did. It applied easily, and really seems to improve the tone and raw of the Fiddlerman carbon fiber bow. The tone is much improved with less squeaking and whistling. I realize that, as a beginner at the violin I may not be qualified to judge this, but, that's my impression at least. The rosin comes nicely packaged in a two part plastic box with a magnetic closure, making accessing the rosin a snap. The only issue is that the rosin is attached to the base with a dab of hot melt glue which doesn't want to adhere to the plastic base. As a result, the rosin arrived in the mail rattling around inside the box and a bit chipped around the edge. Perhaps a different glue needs to be used in production to prevent this. Otherwise, a fine product that performs as it should (as far as I can tell).

Amazon's packaging wasn't well planned, as they just tossed this product into a large box with little padding, and the rosin arrived split down the side. While still usable, it wasn't what I wanted or had ordered. I contacted the vendor directly and they were wonderful to work with on this. The new rosin is very good, takes to the bow very well, and has a very rich tone of sound from my violin.

I'm constantly looking for more "bite" on the string (cello). This is as good a rosin as I've found. Two provisos: first, I've learned that rosin gets sort of stale after a while. My previous cake of Holstein still had plenty of rosin on it, but after a year or so, I was losing the grip I wanted. Bought a new cake and the problem was solved. At the price they charge, that's no problem. I take one star away for presentation because the cake is glued to a piece of wood, and then covered by a wood top. Very attractive, but it makes the cake twice the size of the product, and therefore difficult to fit into the small pockets of my case. Have to carry it in my purse to rehearsals. And from personal experience recently, I can tell you that when you drop it while rosining your bow, it will break just as quickly as a cake packaged in cloth or foam!

Seemed okay… color looked cool… didn’t have to sand… seemed to not stay stuck on the bow or strings that long or maybe that was just me… though the case would protect it but no… got like.. 3 weeks max out of this?

Plays well for me, and I like the magnetic case, though I wish it were less needlessly bulky. Since I don’t keep it in one of my cases, no whoop. Easy to keep a grip on when applying to the bow, a plus. So many dropped, broken cakes…