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Violins come in 8 main sizes. The size corresponds to the length of the body of the violin (not including the neck and scroll). The smallest common size is 1/16 (just 9 inches or 23 cm), and the sizes work their way up through 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 7/8 and finally 4/4 or full size (about 14 inches or 36 cm). Generally speaking, you know if a violin fits if you can reach the notes comfortably with your left hand when holding up the violin.
Most basses are 3/4 or 7/8, and younger players can use 1/2 or even 1/4 size instruments. Classical guitar. Like that of the violin, the scale of the classical guitar was standardized by the work of its most famous maker. Antonio De Torres (1817â1892) used a scale length of 25.6 in (650 mm), and later makers have followed suit.