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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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…and the creation of the first wound violin A In this video I will read for you a correspondence between Roberto Salerni, an Italian string maker from the 50s, and the famous maker Pietro Sgarabotto.At first, Sgarabotto was anxious to try the wound A, being the A the only pure gut string remaining in a
Read MoreAn autobiographical letter from Astro Di Russo – part 2 Due to the strong emigration, in 1960 I was forced to leave my village to settle in Naples. In Acerra, a nearby town with about 50,000 inhabitants, I started the production with 140 employees and later, in the 70s, I also opened a manufactury in
Read MorePrimary sources can be everywhere, even on an old little banjo arriving from eBay, directly from the 40s…
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