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“I couldn’t play without varnished strings. Yes, I know they are not historically correct, but there is no other way for me, as my hands are so sweaty and I am so busy, that I move from hard air-conditioned to hot and humid environments even trice per day.”Is this familiar to you? I hear this
Read More…or what else?A special knot from iconography Do you miss your wolf tone eliminator device? Would you like a bit stiffer string but you cannot get another one right away? Maybe old painting are giving us a suggestion… If you have other ideas about this knot, please share in the comments below this video, there’s
Read MorePeriod gut strings versus modern gut strings. Which is the difference? What do I mean exactly when I speak about modern gut?Period wind instruments have very different tones for each note, due to construction limits, resulting in the very different sound of every key. Today Cmajor can sound exactly like B major, or Ebemoll major, in
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