Violin Forum/Message Board

Anton,

Thank you for chiming in ... your observations and real world experience are invaluable. I am very tempted to give unwound gut strings a chance, even though my level of playing will undoubte ...

Lemuel,

Thank you for the reply and welcome.

I grew up playing a French violin, strung with Pirastro Golds ... I'm not even sure that, as a teenager, I was aware of other string options.

I, t ...

Sadly, just a few months after the last post to this thread, I stopped playing the violin (again!) and resumed my quest to becoming the world's next David Gilmour.

Alas, 3 years later, I'm back pla ...

Little lady,

I'm glad you finally started getting some responses ...

There is a good article in this month's Strings Magazine on double stops; I suggest you get a subscription (or check out thei ...

Gizmo,

You are da man ... I had thought about duplicating Anne Sophie Mutter's string configuration, but was reluctant to spend the cash on another bum lead.

Incidentally, which brand of viola s ...

I often play with a mute, since much of my practice time is after the kids have gone to bed (.. and, as is the case with most new violins, mine sounds like a shotgun blast ..)

I'm pretty sure the D ...

Update:

I've had the Dominants on since last Saturday -- and granted, it's only been three days -- but the strings still have that irritating metallic edge. And warmth? What warmth?

I'm less and ...

Here's an interesting twist ... I opened a package from Pirastro yesterday, and lo and behold! A free set of Passiones!

PJ
Phoenix, AZ
Blue Line String Players

If the link works this is a neat chart that I have not seen before.

http://homepage.mac.com/crabtree/.Pictures/Violin/SynGutTension.gif

Might be useful.

Great link ... better have a stout b ...

http://www.violinist.com/wiki/violin-strings/

Fiddledeedee, yes ... thank you, that is an excellent link. I've been using the violinist.com website as a resource for the past two months. It is an e ...

After shedding the Evah's, I tried a set of Corelli Vivace's ... same type of string, pretty much the same sound. They are lasting MUCH longer, though.

I just ordered the following from SHAR: Domin ...

Darn it! And I thought I was going to be able to avoid the gut string bug!

I tinkered with the idea of doing a modified Oistrakh ... gut G & D, steel A and wound E. Geez, that makes life awfull ...

Interestingly, I shied away from the Dominants precisely because they seemed so ubiquitous ... if that makes any sense.

If you look at the list of professional violinists who still rely on the Domi ...

Gizmo,

Thanks for the response ... I've given serious thought to the Passiones, though the cost is a bit prohibitive and I would hate to make a mistake at that price point.

I've also been corres ...

Incidentally, I'd really like to warm up the tone and give it more depth ...

PJ
Phoenix, AZ
Blue Line String Players