u/This-Basil6875

For my youth orchestra starting this year, I need to buy a black blouse for concerts. I don't know where to look because I don't want just a black shirt or a blouse with nothing but a cuffed sleeve. Also, if possible, under $35. The requirements are just that it's long sleeved, and even though it doesn't exclusively say this, modest neckline. In the past for white tops, I've bought them at Old Navy and Kohl's, but I can't seem to find any right now there.

I have some concerts and masterclasses coming up, and I was going to get new strings. My violin's kind of in between bright and dark, but maybe more on the brighter side, and I'm looking for projective, honest, good on recordings, bright, and leaning more toward clean strings. I'm not too picky about price since these are only going to be for special occasions, but under $150 would be reasonable.

I'm planning on buying on over the weekend, but I'm not sure what I can do afterwards. Like, I want to switch the tailpiece, chin rest, and pegs. I don't like how it has all four fine tuners so I was going to get one tuner and fine tuning pegs because I really love those. For the chin rest, I'm allergic to the nickle so I was planning on replacing it. I'm not sure if I should do this at the shop I'm buying the violin from or not because it's quite a drive. I'm also not sure if it's appropriate to change things so fast, especially the tailpiece.

I have a $4000 violin and travel sometimes on plane with my violin. I need a new case because I recently just upgraded, and I'm thinking of a Gewa 2.1 Air. Bam has always been my dream, but they're out of my budget, and I thought that the Gewa would be a nice step down. I value comfort/weight, durability, a good suspension system, and would prefer it to be a hard shell. Any thoughts?

I'm planning to buy a $4000 violin that would probably be bargained down at least 500, and I've been playing for about 5-6 years. This is the first time ever buying a bow, so I don't know the difference between French and German bows (or if there's more, let me know!), whether Pernambuco, carbon fiber, or fiber glass bows are better, how to test them, what to look out for, and what the price should be.