Fundamentally even today it is still possible to use plain gut strings for the lowest strings of the gamba, however the stiffness and thickness of the mono-filament of the gut string is a considerable impairment to playability of the deeper notes.
It is only since 1660 that spinning with copper has evolved. However, the most popular winding is silver-plated copper wire, which has the advantage of the silver coating combined with the sound quality of the copper string.
TONE | ITEM DESCRIPTION | SIZE | kp | PEG END | TAILPIECE END | ART.NO. |
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D1 | Gut 31 | 19.3 | ![]() |
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159120 | |
A2 | Gut/Aluminum 36 | 19.0 | ![]() |
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259220 | |
E3 | Gut/Silver Plated 34 | 19.2 | ![]() |
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259320 | |
C4 | Gut/Silver Plated 38 1/2 | 18.3 | ![]() |
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259420 | |
G5 | Gut/Silver Plated 48 1/2 | 17.7 | ![]() |
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259520 | |
D6 | Gut/Silver Plated 60 1/2 | 17.8 | ![]() |
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259620 | |
SET | Mittel | 259020 |