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A simple method to find the string gauges perfectly fitting your instrument
Did you ever had the sensation that something was not balanced in your set of strings, but you couldn’t decide wether going thinner o thicker?
It happened so many times to me, until I learned this simple trick!
You will need no maths or treatises, just your sensibility!
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baroque music, double-bass strings, early music, gut strings, gut strings maintenance, viol strings, viola da gamba strings, viola strings, violin strings, violoncello strings
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