Compare: Nagoya Suzuki Model 220 Violin vs. Mozart Violins Model 12 Violin

Comparison:

	Nagoya Suzuki Model 220 Violin	Mozart Violins Model 12 Violin
Price	$240-365 (on Musician's Friend)	$199 (on MozartViolins.com)
Wood: Top	Spruce	Spruce
Bottom	Maple	Maple
Setup	Professional adjustment to meet and exceed MENC standards	Professional adjustment to meet and exceed MENC standards
Warranty	None listed	Mozart Violins' free 6 month service plan
Inlaid Purfling	No	Yes
Strings	Steel Strings	Steel Strings
Tailpiece	Tailpiece with fine tuners	Tailpiece with fine tuners

When we saw the price of the Suzuki, it completely blew our minds. How could a company charge so much for a violin that doesn’t even have inlaid purfling? Inlaid purfling helps the violin last longer. Given that, the Suzuki violin is the same as the Mozart Violins violin but how could they charge twice as much? That’s insane!

So you’re probably thinking: Suzuki violins are probably a lot better than Mozart Violins violins cause they have been around longer. Truth is: there is no difference. Suzuki doesn’t have any violin making abilities that other manufactures don’t have. They just leveraged their brand to sell a product twice the price it should be sold for. Heck, they sell everything from ATVs, motorcycles, to musical instruments. Where’s their focus?