Cecilia Violin Rosin A Piacere

I bought as I wanted to try a rosin of higher quality. I bought in mind that I didn't want a "loud" rosin like the Andrea Solo version. I tested this, by trying to take away as much of my older rosin on my bow. In the end, the sound was a mix of a cheaper Pirastro rosin that I have used for a long time and this Andrea A Piacere Rosin. Although it is hard for me to explain in terms, the sound did indeed improve, while not being "too loud" as I had feared if I had used the Andrea Solo rosin. Very good for small rooms or studios as described by themselves. I recommend it, albeit the price of course is quite expensive. Another setback is the fragility of the rosin. I opened the package and it got powdered/dented around the edges. The package also states that it is apparently not good if you have certain skin allergies. Be careful if you have. It is a peculiar rosin that perhaps get less attention than the Andrea Solo, but I recommend it for being an allround rosin that you can use in many settings, even in concert halls.

One of the most expensive rosin there is to by so expectations are high but unfulfilled. It sure is a good quality rosin and it produces a nice clear, silky and even sound but It has very poor bite. High quality rosin with better performance cost less than half the price of this.

Edit: I recently upgraded My student violin to a professional concert violin. In the same way, expensive strings usually not show it’s full potential on a lower end violin, the same seems to be the case for quality rosin. On this new violin (with Evah Pirazzi strings) I experience a more than subtle difference between the Cecilia rosin and my other cheaper rosins. Articulation, bow response, sound, everything seems to benefit from this rosin. So, I upgraded the overall score to 4 stars from 3.

I am allergic to this rosin but gave it to another friend. He called me next day to thank me and said it was the best rosin he had ever used. Both his fiddles sound great with it. A new bow he had never been happy with suddenly sounded exactly the way he had expected it to when he bought it. He's a very happy guy. I'm a very sad one as that was the second type of these great rosins I had to give away.