Violin Strings
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The violin strings you choose have an impact on the sound you can create.
Just as changing the color of the glass in a window changes how you perceive the view from that window, changing strings can alter the tone-picture of your string instrument. The core tone of your violin remains, but is shaded by the nuances of your violin string selection.
String designs balance the attributes of the string core and the windings. Bowed strings are the hardest strings to manufacture and require very careful calibration to achieve particular tone colors, levels of power, and durability.
The core of the violin string defines the fundamental tone of the string. The windings shape that tone and offer the power a string needs to respond. And a dampening material will be used to ensure a stable tone that remains true as the violin string is continuously energized by the bow.
The core of a violin string could be as natural as gut or as space-aged as zyex. Manufacturers often keep the exact materials used in the core a secret, calling them “synthetic”, but some ingredients include: gut, perlon, carbon-fiber, zyex or steel thread called “ropecore.”
Materials used in the windings involve a variety of strong metals, some quite expensive: aluminum, silver, titanium, platinum, tungsten are common choices.
Today, there is a myriad of violin string choices available to the player. We are here to help you make your selection, balancing what sort of sound you want to achieve with the natural core tone of your instrument. You can’t try them all, so lean on us for advice! We probably have tried them all!
Most Popular Violin Strings
Pirastro Strings:
- Evah Gold
- Obligato
- Pirastro Evah Pirazzi
- Oliv (E)
- Wondertone Gold E
Thomastik Infeld:
- Peter Infeld (PI)
- Dominant Pro
- Thomastic Dominant
- Vision
- Infeld Red, Infeld Blue
- Spirocore (Cello and Bass)
- Versum & Versum Solo (Cello)
D’Addario:
- Helicore
- Pro Arte
- Kaplan (Cello)
Larsen:
- Larsen & Larsen Solo
- Tzigane (Violin)
- Magnacore (Cello)
Other Great Popular Violin Strings
- Hill E
- Warchal Ametyst
- Warchal Brilliant
- Prim
- Jargar