Instruments

Violins, violas, cellos, and basses are made in many sizes so that they can fit your youngster’s growing anatomy. For this reason, Saginaw Strings staff encourages you to rent an instrument until your child has grown into a full-sized instrument. 

Our preferred provider is Shar Music, a strings-only family business with nearly 60 years of experience in supplying string instruments to beginners, amateurs, and professionals.

Although Shar Music is located in Ann Arbor, renting from Shar is an easy process. After your child is sized, it’s a quick “1-800” call to Shar Music to place an order for your child’s instrument of choice. Payments are auto withdrawn monthly and may be stopped at any time. Your instrument will be delivered to Saginaw Strings by our Shar Music representative who visits the Saginaw, Bay City, Midland area bi-weekly. Then our teachers prepare the instrument for your child’s first class.

When it is time to upsize your child’s instrument, another quick call to Shar Music will send the new one to Saginaw Strings. We will collect the old instrument, prepare the new instrument, and give it to your student. Our Shar Music representative will pick up the old instrument on his next visit to Saginaw.