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The following information about this luthier was submitted on 4/10/2006 via 70.36.196.96 by Cristian Gliga. It has not been verified by Violinist.com, which takes no responsibility for its accuracy. Gliga Violins, USA1250 E. Walnut Street, Suite #150Pasadena, California
Phone: 626-578-0442 Opinions expressed below are those of their authors alone. From Brian Lee
I love Gliga violins! I've been satisfied with nothing but Gligas since I started playing seriously at the age of 6.Posted via 71.249.150.36 on March 22, 2009 at 12:47 PM (MST) Gliga Violins USA is seriously overpriced, though. You'll get a better deal purchasing from Steven Weiss, who gets instruments directly from Vasile Gliga. Plus, he includes better cases and bows in his packages.
From Barry Berman
This store doesn't build the instruments on site, no, but they are the USA distributer for Gliga, a Romanian violin company. I for one, am very happy with the Professional Gama I bought from them. It has an awesome, warm, mellow tone. On a trip to Romania, we went right through the town where the factory was in. I so wished we stopped. I would have loved to purchase a violin right there! Posted via 68.225.249.142 on November 27, 2007 at 12:38 AM (MST)
From Jessie Vallejo
I know I'm posting a second time, but now that I've been home from school and had a chance to play more on viola I just wanted to make sure I'm more clear with some things...Posted via 74.71.150.232 on December 20, 2006 at 6:45 PM (MST) First of all, the viola I purchased is an "Antiqued 16.5" School 'GENIAL 1-Oil' Viola" student model from Gliga. And I cannot find the violin I tried in Spain on the website. However, I just wanted to reiterate that I would recommend this company for beginner and intermediate students. I haven't heard or read anything about the cellos, but they have a lot of positive reviews about their violins, and I can vouch for my viola model being entirely appropriate and high quality for its price range. In the future, I will definitely keep these instruments and this company in mind if I need to purchase school instruments or make affordable recommendations to students. My last review came out harsher than I intended.
From Jessie Vallejo
I bought a Gliga viola from them for about $200 (not outfitted)...and it did well for what I wanted it for. It is a Genial Oil, Intermediate viola. Not an instrument I would pursue a career in but great for a violinist learning the viola on the side at college (like me!) or a student in high school. The A strings died within days (when I had lessons at school, I used D'addario Heliocores, but supposedly their A strings aren't the highlight of the sets anyways...). Creating the finer nuances and dynamics was more challenging on this viola for me.Posted via 69.201.67.168 on August 20, 2006 at 9:20 AM (MST) While I was in Spain, I stopped to see the Paul Bernebeu guitar shop...where he had a Gliga violin that cost about $5,000...it was made to look like the decorated strads (a quartet of the decorated instruments is on display in Palacio Real in Madrid in the Strad room, fyi!)... Honestly, I preferred my $800 Scherl & Roth to the expensive Gliga. I can't recall what strings were on this one, but it seems like you'd pay more for how it looks than how it sounds. Not a sweet tone at all, and a very nasal, shallow sound. The more affordable ones seem to be a great option for beginning students or an amateur...or for a spare instrument to play outside with, or take on trips with (and leave the antique one behind!)
From Jason Thomas
I believe the shop in California is run by Christian Gliga and they import violins from his father, Vasile Gliga, in Romania. I believe Christian is a luthier proper as I have "Mastro" model singne by him on the label.Posted via 68.240.196.150 on August 20, 2006 at 7:09 AM (MST) The violin I purchased is has a very sweet sound (with Obligato strings) and is every easy to play. I just purchased my daughter a GEMS I for your 12th birthday and she loves it. I found it to be at the top end of student instruments, for $300 not a bad purchase. It did however come with out a piece of parchment on the bridge nor a plastice sleve on the E-string, though fully set up.
From Jenny Visick
Although I see a 'Yes' under builds instruments above, I don't believe this shop actually builds instruments on site; they only sell them. I stopped in once, they are friendly, and mostly seem to have student quality instruments. Posted via 216.165.251.104 on August 3, 2006 at 2:48 AM (MST)
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