Description
PIRASTRO has traced the historical development of stringing for early music in its program for viol strings in order to enable you to use authentic stringing in today’s high quality.
In principle, one could still cover viols with bare gut strings down to the lowest string. However, the excessive stiffness of monofilament, thick gut strings significantly impairs the playability of lower tones.
The oldest development from about 1660 is the spinning with copper wire. The most popular version is the spinning with silver-plated copper wire, which combines the advantages of a silver surface with the sound of a copper string.
For studio recordings, Pirastro recommends silver-wound gut strings with a polished surface. They are quiet when changing layers. However, such strings were not manufactured until the 20th century at the earliest.
- Gut string, silver wound, knotted end
- 2 different gauges available
Pirastro Alto-Gamba G6 string 255620; 255630.
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