Features:

  • Dark rosin
  • Case designed for one-handed use
  • Low dust
  • Formulated using the original Kaplan recipe handed down from Ladislav Kaplan
  • All D'Addario strings are designed, engineered and manufactured in the USA to the most stringent quality controls in the industry
Love It 5 STARS

Love this Rosin Super grip not much white dust. Nice case with dial to rotate the rosin. Up here in Vermont with winter here already this is the rosin to use. Love to try the light amber if someone would put me and my wife up in a nice warm climate for lets say a month :)

very cool

first off, this is great rosin, plays very well. The case, however, is rad. In ~25 years of playing, i doubt i've ever worn through a cake of rosin, but i couldn't count how many times i've dropped and shattered a cake. not a problem with the integral case on the kaplan rosin. i tried the dark and liked it, now i'm going to try the light. the price is good too! try it!

Smooth and beautiful!

I play the violin and I find this rosin rather smooth. I also picked up some Super Sensitive Dark rosin since it was cheap and I was curious to compare. I played a duet with a viola at Christmas and this rosin wasn't grippy enough to give me sufficient volume so I used the Super Sensitive for that occasion. The Super Sensitive sounds harsher and of course louder. For every day use I much prefer this one. Beautiful!

Innovative and improved rosin experience

I usually get a dark cello rosin but I was intrigued by the container for the rosin cake. It is a smaller cake as others have noted, but it is so much easier to hold when rosining the bow than the ones with the green felt (not to name names)! You really can open it and hold it only using the left hand. It’s an innovation that really improves the experience of rosining the bow. Very pleased.

Magnificently Presented as a Most Treasured Tool`

The headline says it all. Most inexpensive, beautifully packaged, a treasure to have. I've played the violin for many, many years, but life happens and had to stop playing. Now, after many years, I'm returning to my musical roots. I got new strings, had my bow reengaged with new horsehair, and purchased 3 brands of rosin. Right now, I'm stretching my fingers on my left hand to accommodate the stretch they need, and scratching out placing my fingers on the strings engaging my bow with my strings. I tolerate the scratchy sound for a couple of minutes and figure my neighbors appreciate my not playing. But, I also purchased a brand new music stand and I soon I'll actually put music on the stand. I cannot say much about the Kaplan rosin except to say it is beautifully packaged and I treasure it. I simply know that it will exactly meet my needs, and I'm most appreciative of how it is presented to me. I'll write again when my skills come closer to where they were (Concertmaster of our Orchestra for years and years). Then, I'll truly be in a position to further comment on this rosin. But, of the 3 rosins I purchased, this one is the one most attractively presented. So Kaplan? Thank you for the awesome and thoughtful presentation of this beautifully packaged rosin.

Cool clamshell case.

I don't know how long this thing will last, hopefully longer than L'opera one that I bought. I am no expert on which rosin is good or bad but this thing is so cool that even my kid's teacher gave two thumbs up. The clamshelm case looks nice and it has a dial at the bottom to turn the rosin.

and I was amazed with how much of a difference a quality rosin ...

I have been learning the violin for 4 month when I first ordered this, and I was amazed with how much of a difference a quality rosin made, gone were the screeching and mixed tones caused by applying too much strength to the bow to create a sound. I would recommend this to anyone who hasn't upgraded from the student rosin they sell you when you start out. I do notice some fine dusting after practice, but that's easily taken care of by a quick pass with a cloth. So far, this rosin has done more to improve my joy of the violin than anything else i tried.

But most players spend $$$ on rosin because they purchase super high quality and thus expensive products only to drop ...

Rosin is rosin is rosin, no question. But most players spend $$$ on rosin because they purchase super high quality and thus expensive products only to drop and break them. This is solved by this product. I've been playing every day for going on twenty years and I have used ONE of these products over the past 5. That's how long rosin SHOULD last. It's worth being a non-luxury rosin brand because it saves you a small fortune in what you would pay to rebuy expensive rosins.

Grips Strings Well & Protects Rosin From Breakage

I play the viola in two professional symphonies, and had been using the same rosin by Pirastro for probably 8 years. My old cake would crack off slivers over time and finally completely crumbled, so I wanted something that was a little less messy, but still professional quality. This rosin does its job well. It is easy to apply while holding the box, which prevents your hand from getting sticky, and grips strings well. You don’t need to worry about the plastic case popping open inside of your instrument case, as the lid has buttons on each side that need to be squeezed before it’ll open up. Overall, this rosin is good value for the money, and I look forward to making it last a long time.

Great Rosin.

I'm a new player at 38 years old. I'm comparing this product against the rosin that came with my $70 violin. Literally the moment I put the bow on the string and moved it those first few inches I knew this was a better quality product than what came with my instrument. I've played guitar for 20+ Years so D'Addario was a name I knew I could trust.

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