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What happens to a string while polishing.
(one more way to save money)
The difference between a slightly polished string and a perfectly smooth string and why it is definitely worth to choose the first One.
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When I suggest roughly polished strings instead of smooth heavily polished ones, I often receive a squint like I am interfering with personal choices on musical taste, or with technical issues of an instrument which I have never seen, let alone played. It’s always been difficult for me to explain why I am firm on this
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baroque music, double-bass strings, early music, gut strings, gut strings maintenance, viol strings, viola da gamba strings, viola strings, violin strings, violoncello strings
How could we know which string it is starting only from the gauge? (sorry being this originally a fb live video it’s side-reversed… but if you have questions just write in the comments below)
Read MoreGut strings were used for music, surgery and tennis. Music strings were the most difficult to make: many different gauges, and a high quality standard. Managing orders with so many different products and dealing with musicians requests… it was not an easy task! While surgery and tennis were bigger markets and more safe, they also they required
Read MoreOn the sensibility required to make wound strings Wound strings are a matter of hand sensibility and control of the string maker: even if a machine is involved, it is real craftsmanship to make a good wound string. The factors involved are many, from the quality and gauge of the core, how much it is
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