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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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baroque music, double-bass strings, early music, gut strings, gut strings history, gut strings maintenance, gut strings manufacture, viol strings, viola da gamba strings, viola strings, violin strings, violoncello strings
1/8 violin, seen by chance in a workshop in Italy. 1/8 violin, seen by chance in a workshop in Italy. What can we see from this? Same gauges as big violins, so violin strings. 1st missing. The 4th has as a core a 1st string. So, strings from the 20th century. 2nd and 3rd medium twist angle, 4th
Read MoreThe “fresh gut” part Let’s get started, and of course we start from Salle, in Abruzzi (Italy). We’ll go and see how a factory was organized in the 18th century. Yes, I said factory, not workshop. When you take out the intestine from a sheep, the first thing you need to do is to empty it someway.
Read MorePrice lists and catalogues are great sources of information: read with me this price list from 1929 by Pirastro and see what we find there!
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