James Hill playing on gut strings
James 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?
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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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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