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Carl Flesch witnesses an age of profound changes in string settings.
Actually, he wrote right at the time of the first notable changes since the renaissance...
Carl Flesch in 1920 was praising the long life of the new steel “e” strings: even more than one week! So comfortable and relaxing for a pro...
Watch this video till the end to discover the true cost of the strings for a professional violinist!
Carl Flesh goes also very specific on string gauges:
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Bosko and Honey are two ukulele virtuoso players from Australia whom in 2008 toured the world with their project Ukulele Safari. Basically they were able to spend one year around the globe hosted from the network of ukulele players that they knew through their youtube channel. A great couple. They visited Vicenza participating to the first
Read MoreHow polishing has changed through the centuries, from hand to machines …and, most important for us, from delivering on the market strings sorted by numbers of strands (so to say, in a 3 strands bulk you can find strings from 60 to 76) to deliver strings singularly packaged and labelled with a precise gauge. Polishing
Read MorePrimary sources can be everywhere, even on an old little banjo arriving from eBay, directly from the 40s…
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