Pirastro - Strings Handmade in Germany since 1798

Cremona Musica 2025, Cremona, Italy

29. September 2025

With great pleasure, we invite you to visit us from September 26th to 28th in our booth at the Cremona Musica - Mondomusica 2025 (...)

ISB Convention 2025, Tallahassee FL (USA)

04. June 2025

We exhibited at the well attended 2025 ISB International Society of Bassists Convention in Tallahassee (Florida, USA) from June 3^rd to 7^th. (...)

ESTA 2025, Amersfoort (Netherlands)

29. May 2025

The 2025 ESTA Conference was held from May 29^th to June 1^st at Eemhuis in Amersfoort (NL) and was organized by ESTA Netherlands. (...)

FIND OUT WHICH PIRASTRO STRING IS IDEAL FOR YOU

As Pirastro’s range of strings is very comprehensive, use the string finder to narrow down your choice by selecting your instrument and the core material that you prefer and click on “search”.

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MATERIAL

Set	Gauges
A-chrome steel, D-titanium, G-silver, C-tungsten-silver	soft medium strong

Packaging	Sizes
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Permanent

The warm sounding steel string

Permanent Viola Strings

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Features
The Permanent A string has a single filament steel core wound with chrome steel. The other strings have a rope core wound with titanium (D), silver (G) and tungsten-silver (C). warm and round sound with a clear overtone spectrum good diversity of sounds, smooth and lively tone with a pliable left hand feeling	great projection very easy response absolutely stable suitable also for electric or electrically-amplified violas