This. The violin, bow, and strings all affect the sound produced. In high school, I bought my violin and bow used for around $750. While it was fine for orches

This. The violin, bow, and strings all affect the sound produced. In high school, I bought my violin and bow used for around $750. While it was fine for orchestral/symphonic stuff, it definitely paled in tone, volume, and responsiveness compared to some of my friends' more expensive violins. When I got to be the soloist during my senior year, I borrowed a much nicer violin from my director and bought a new bow because I simply couldn't get the right sound out of my own violin.