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Note: Listed Price is an average only. The price of the strings, which usually ranges from $85 to $120 is based on the unique string requirements for your instrument. We determine these string requirements during initial setup of your instrument.
We use EXTREMELY high-quality strings, depending on the period setup you ask us to replicate.
Stringing a fiddle for historic period authenticity can require everything from ALL old-style pure gut strings to all metal strings, and varioius combinations, depending on the peridod being replicated. In general, the following types of strings are used for the general period listed below:
- 1750 to 1790s Setup: All 4 strings old-style pure gut (no winding on any of the strings)
- 1790 to 1890s Setups: Old-style pure gut (unwound) with a silver-wound g-string
- 1890s to 1930 Setup: Silver-wound g-string, varnished gut d' and a' strings and a Jarger Crome Steel e" string, with a single fine-tuner for the e" string
- Post 1930s Setup: Modern gut strings, which means a wound a', d' and g' with an unwound silvered steel e" string and a single fine-tuner for the e" string
- Modern Setup: Our preference is D'Addario Helicore Medium; however, we will substitute another string at your request.
When using modern wound gut strings (for Post 1930s setup), we prefer the most stable modern gut strings we know of, which are Pirastro Passione. For those desiring a more traditional modern gut string, we can substitute either Pirastro Eudoxa or Pirastro Oliv strings.
For earlier period setups, which demand old-style pure gut or silver-wound gut (g string): We use gut strings, generally by Aquila. The strings we use are period-authentic, excellently crafted, with superb intonation, resistance to breakage and stability (in other words, they stay in tune very well for gut strings).
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