Banjouke
Primary sources can be everywhere, even on an old little banjo arriving from eBay, directly from the 40s…
Read MoreIf you were to play in the Conzertgebow Orchestra in the 60s, which strings were you using?
Some news on the strings used in Amsterdam in the 70s... (and we are not speaking of early music...)
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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
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