Check the listing for details. Howard Core C12 Core Conservatory Intermediate Violin - Golden-brown Varnish,. Color: Golden-brown, Condition: New. Listed at 961.70 USD. A High-quality Advancing-level Violin The Howard Core C12 Core Conservatory Violin is a high-quality advancing-level instrument. It boasts an aged spruce top, along with a flamed maple back and ribs, delivering a bold, broad sound well-suited to performances and recitals. You'll be blown away by the step-up tone quality yielded by this violin's acoustic plates, which include hand-carved arching and variable thickness. What's more, its eye-grabbing golden-brown varnish has been subtly shaded to reveal the instrument's natural woodgrain. You also get ebony Parisian eye pegs and an ebony end button, a Despiau "C" French bridge, an ebony tailpiece with an E tuner, and a Guarneri model ebony chinrest.