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Paganini asked for thin “e” strings... and got 70-72!
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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
…and the creation of the first wound violin A In this video I will read for you a correspondence between Roberto Salerni, an Italian string maker from the 50s, and the famous maker Pietro Sgarabotto.At first, Sgarabotto was anxious to try the wound A, being the A the only pure gut string remaining in a
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Read MoreHow many truths in this short clip? 1. For sure, when you learn to master gut strings you will have a good sound with any instrument or strings, you will earn your personal sound 2. The gestures, are the one of a truth string maker (or of a butcher). I can assure you, it’s like when you
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