If your child is a beginner, I would not recommened buying anything expensive for the following reasons.. 1.Eventually when your child gets older, he or she will need a bigger violin, and will not be able to play the 1/2 comfortably anymore. and 2.If youre child is a beginner and hasn't tried out the violin yet he or she may find that he/she does not enjoy it and will not want to continue, thus the