Tag: octave strings
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The Premature String Breakage Problem with Violoncellos da Spalla, Octave Violas, Tenor Violas and Octave Violins: Part III – Proposed Changes to Instrument Design
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This is a continuation of Part II, which focused on attributes of the strings and the instruments themselves vis-à-vis premature string breakage. Part III focuses on what can be done about it. Part III: Changes to instruments that will decrease premature string breakage Make thinner strings? Reducing the diameter of strings would improve string longevity.…
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The Premature String Breakage Problem with Violoncellos da Spalla, Octave Violas, Tenor Violas and Octave Violins: Part I – User Error
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For many folks who play Violoncello da Spalla, strings seem to break far more frequently than with regular violins, violas and cellos. That is because they do. Almost as if “the universe” has a sick sense of humor, the string that breaks most frequently is the C-string. Of course, it is the most expensive and…
