James Hill playing on gut strings
James 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?
Read More1/8 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...
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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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