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Pirastro 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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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
Why most of the strings factories gave up gut production in the mid of the 20th century? I think there were two reasons for this. Not the advent of metal strings, or modern music, these were consequences. 1. The working conditions were not sustainable any more 2. The factories had to invest huge amount of money for disposal
Read More…the idea came to a cello player… Sometimes, you wander around the web and you find little gems which only apparently have little to do with what you were looking for. …but at a closer look… at 0’30 there are some historical pictures: note the dimensions of the factory and the name: Maillot is the actual
Read MoreJames 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?
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