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Violin

Suzuki No. 280

Name: Suzuki No. 280
Brand: Suzuki

Suzuki · No. 280 Violin Outfit

Price: 181 EUR – 181 EUR

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The most senior model in Suzuki's popular 200 series: Nagoya, Japan-built violin with good-quality spruce top and maple back, genuine ebony fittings throughout, and sound quality comparable to Suzuki's step-up 300 series.

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About the Suzuki No. 280

The No. 280 sits at the top of Suzuki's 200 series, a numbered range that has served as a popular entry point for beginner-to-intermediate students. The top is good-quality spruce with maple back and sides, and unlike many budget student violins, the pegs, fingerboard, tailpiece, nut and end pin are all genuine ebony rather than a stained substitute - a detail that places the No. 280 above typical entry instruments in its production era.

Built at Suzuki's Nagoya, Japan facility with precise construction and multi-layer varnishing, the No. 280 is frequently described as producing sound quality comparable to Suzuki's higher-numbered 300 series, making well-kept examples a value option on the used market relative to their original positioning. It was produced across the standard fractional sizes including 1/2 and full 4/4.

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Sound character of the Suzuki No. 280

The Suzuki No. 280 uses solid carved spruce and maple with setup refinement above basic student violins, giving it a warmer, more balanced and resonant tone appropriate for the more demanding repertoire students tackle as they progress through the Suzuki method books.

Warm Resonant

Technical data for the Suzuki No. 280

Top	Good-quality spruce
Back/Sides	Maple
Fittings	Genuine ebony
Origin	Nagoya, Japan
Series	Suzuki 200 (top model)

Price history for the Suzuki No. 280

Cheapest seen: 181 EUR · Most expensive seen: 181 EUR

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The history of the Suzuki No. 280

Suzuki's numbered violin series (100s through 300s and beyond) built the brand's reputation in the Suzuki-method teaching world specifically because of Japan-based manufacturing consistency at a time when many competing student violins came from less quality-controlled workshops.