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Paganini vs Heifetz: so different gauges, but why?
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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 MoreSorry, this video is only in Italian, it would be too time consuming to translate it world by world. I just discovered this video from Takumi’s blog, which I recommend to you all, liuteriatakumi. I love it because most of these men and women I had the occasion to interview them personally in 2007, and the ones
Read MorePirastro in strings history. Pirastro, the best modern gut string available on the market.A family-run company which was always a leader in innovation without giving up tradition. Chapeau!
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