Original gut strings on a little old violin

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 core low twist.

...Damn, I forgot to look at the tailpiece string...


Tags

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


You may also like

Astro Di Russo – part 2

An 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 More

Mari Strings by Daniel Mari

Mari strings, by Daniel Mari (formerly La Bella) Daniel Mari, born in 1927, now Mari strings, previously La Bella.When he was a boy, in Salle and in Sulmona, in the 40s, he helped in the gut strings factory and also in making bells, a particular production in which a branch of his family was specialized,

Read More