FAQs about Purchasing an Instrument

Your student is growing.

One of the most unpredictable aspects of starting a string instrument is how much your student will grow.

In years past, we've had the majority of our beginners move up to larger instruments during the year, especially violins and violas.

When your student grows, rental companies make the process as easy as possible.

The student will be able to leave their smaller instrument at Strack for pick up and have their larger instrument delivered to them the following week. This saves parents a trip to the music store themselves!

When parents buy instruments for their beginners, they end up stuck with an instrument too small for their student to use any longer. This makes performing on the instrument incredibly difficult for your student.

The quality will be significantly lower.

The most important aspect of any instrument is how it sounds. We work with Lisle and Fishburn because they have an outstanding reputation of providing quality sounding instruments to students all over the Houston area. Students that come in with instruments bought online often express frustration with their playing for not sounding the same as their classmates. The flaws will be noticeable to your student when they perform and practice. We teachers have found endless recurring problems with instruments bought online, like rotting food and damaging objects inside instruments. Another frequent issue we find with online instruments is that the mechanics of the instrument do not work. Many parents believe they can buy an instrument online and take it to be repaired for a cheaper cost but many luthiers (string instrument makers) agree that the cost of repair can often be more than the amount of renting/purchasing an instrument from the shop in the first place.

We will work with you and your situation to make sure your student is performing on a quality instrument that helps maximize their full potential in orchestra. Please contact us first before contacting a seller online.