The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.

During their performance of Something Wicked This Way Comes at the 1993 Start-of-Term Feast, a member of the Hogwarts orchestra played the violin.^[1] Violins were also played in the 1994 Yule Ball of the Triwizard Tournament.^[2]

Behind the scenes

• In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, there is a violin in the Chamber of Secrets, in the Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor and in front of the Quidditch pitch in the past of 1993–1994 school year.
• One of the possible questions that can be asked during the sorting quiz on Pottermore is about musical instrument preferences. One of the possible answers is the violin.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Pottermore

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