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Paganini asked for thin “e” strings... and got 70-72!
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Thomastick-Infeld in strings history. Two of the greatest innovations of the 20th century come from Thomastick-Infeld, a company based in Wien: in 1914 they patented a machine to use the flat wire for the winding of a string, before of that the winding wire was always round, sometimes polished by hand after the winding process just before
Read MoreCarl Flesch witnesses an age of profound changes in string settings. Actually, he wrote right at the time of the first notable changes since the renaissance… Carl Flesch in 1920 was praising the long life of the new steel “e” strings: even more than one week! So comfortable and relaxing for a pro… Watch this video till
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