Paganini’s versus Heifetz’s

Paganini vs Heifetz: so different gauges, but why?


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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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when did things change

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