Old strings from England: silk or gut?
Thank you Michael Burnham for this great present!!
Read MoreJames Hill, Great ukulele virtuoso from Canada, playing a romantic song on my uke strung with gut strings... can’t you feel the sound of the 30s?
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baroque music, double-bass strings, early music, gut strings, gut strings history, gut strings maintenance, gut strings manufacture, ukulele strings, viol strings, viola da gamba strings, viola strings, violin strings, violoncello strings
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