Stentor violins are the main teaching instruments in Britain's schools. All instruments are hand carved from solid tonewoods, with good quality pegs and fingerboards. Stentor is the only independent company with a wholly owned violin factory workshop in China, and as a result Stentor instruments have meticulous quality control, as well as the essential characteristic of good tonal quality. The Stentor factory workshop is located in Jiangsuprovince, north of the Yangtze river and about 300km north west of Shanghai.