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Your cart is empty.Jade L'Opera rosin for Violin, viola and cello. Comes with a protective cloth wrap and it stored in a plastic container. Rosin is 1.5" x .5"
Lexie Lo.
2025-07-01 14:45:35
My suggestions to parents who have kids who play violin:1. as they get older, get them a good quality instrument. Rent one, don't buy one - the rentals are so much better quality than what you'd probably budget for. I am currently renting a better-quality instrument than I played as a teen - as a child I guess it doesn't matter, but as I got older, a better instrument would have been nice.2. get them a good quality rosin. As an adult I have come to appreciate spending alittle more money for things that are worth it - and this rosin is one of them...to a certain point. I got tis exact rosin for $10.86 and although that is about 10x more than I'd have ever expected to pay for rosin, I think the results are well-worth it. (although after I posted my raving review the price hovered at $16-$17 for it, which i think is HORRIBLE. I'm morally opposed to buying more of this rosin until the prices goes back down!!!!3. get them a couple private lessons from a teacher who cares. and believes in them.This is why I like this rosin:1. The higher quality makes the bow stick better to the strings2. overall it helped produce a nicer tone ( I changed just the rosin, not the violin. I used the regular free rosin that the rental company gave me for a little while, then decided to try this rosin. so only the rosin has changed, not the quality of the violin)However:1. It does give off a lot of dust - i don't know if this amount is typical of higher-quality rosins, but I find myself cleaning more off my strings and violin at the end of my sessions now.2. I do find that it wears off surprisingly quickly. Let's say I practice a little over an hour, I might re-apply once or twice. I can't remember that clearly but I think when I was younger and playing in the orchestra, I don't know that I even re-applied the rosin during a performance, which would be about that same amount of time. But 1)maybe my memory fails me and 2) maybe the lesser the quailty rosin the more it sticks to the bow and not the strings or 3) maybe I was just not that into playing that I didn't care enough to re-apply.Overall: This rosin impressed me. I really think it changed the sound that was coming out of the instrument. It inspired me to start recording myself and send to my parents, who were thrilled that all those years of pestering me to 'practice my violin' have finally come to fruition.
Tom B
2025-05-28 18:38:09
Jade and its sibling brand Millant-Deroux are made by the French company Colophane. I have used a lot of rosins in 50 years of playing, including all the expensive exotic rosins, and I keep coming back to these.Jade is the hard rosin for warm weather and higher humidity. Millant is dark and softer, so best used in colder, drier weather. It's not very soft though so you can use Millant year round particularly if you are in air-conditioning in the summer. On your bow, Millant is a little grippier, so if you have a scratchy bow technique, you might prefer Jade. I think it's good to own both and switch back and forth.Don't be fooled by the reasonable price -- they are both really excellent and manufactured very consistently.I also appreciate the packaging. You can pay twice as much for Andrea Solo or Piacere but the package doesn't protect the rosin -- if you drop it from even a short distance you get a little box of rosin shards (you can re-melt it and re-form it, by the way, but it's a hassle). Other rosins come with a cake glued to fabric but the glue wears out and there's no easy way to re-attach.Jade and Millant come in pretty decent plastic case wrapped in fabric that is securely attached to the cake. In my experience it lasts for years and doesn't give you trouble. I play every day, often multiple times a day so the packaging is actually quite important. I don't need any drama with rosin. I just need it to work and not shatter if I drop it.
Jae
2025-05-09 14:34:31
This is really good rosin. Low dust, very clear and even and smooth sound produced. Really great.
Wayfinder
2025-03-27 18:37:36
I have long been a fan of D'Addario strings, so when it came time to buy rosin I chose their Kaplan rosin. But over the past few months I just haven't been getting the sound I wanted out of my 2-string electric cello, and was wondering if my carbon fiber bow somehow had poor quality strings. (Yeah, a paradox eh?)I stumbled across Jade rosin while surfing the Net, so looked it up on Amazon, asked some questions, read reviews, ordered a cake, just got it today. From the VERY FIRST application on my bow the sound difference was considerable. The Jade rosin gripped the strings far better than the Kaplan, produced less dust, and left no doubt that both of my bows are just fine. As decent as the Kaplan is, it's not near the quality of Jade.After reading reviews across the Net and my initial experience, I am sold on this stuff. The bow action and resulting sound is audibly superior. And I have to admit I do like the dark green jade color. Icing on the cake.(Pun not intended... but I'm leaving it anyway.) ;D
felecity
2025-03-12 15:17:15
This rosin makes very little dust compared to other brands, I would just recommend double checking the price you're paying. The Amazon listings seem to be double what many online music stores are charging. Rosin itself is great though!
Customer
2025-03-08 14:23:01
Works great, I suggest roughing the surface with sandpaper before using.
Kay moran
2025-02-11 10:09:26
My books arrived promptly and in excellent shape due to good packing. I would definitely order from this vendor again.
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