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 | kg | PEG END | TAILPIECE END | ART.NO. |
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D1 | Gut 10 1/2 | 5.7 | 151120 | |||
A2 | Gut 13 1/2 | 5.4 | 151220 | |||
FIS3 | Gut 15 3/4 | 5.2 | 151320 | |||
D4 | Gut/Aluminum 17 1/2 | 5.5 | 251420 | |||
A5 | Gut/Silver Plated 18 3/4 | 5.1 | 251520 | |||
D6 | Gut/Silver Plated 21 3/4 | 5.1 | 251620 | |||
A7 | Gut/Silver Plated 26 1/2 | 4.6 | 251720 | |||
SET | Mittel | 251020 | ||||
A5 | Gut/Silver 16 1/4 | 6.1 | 252520 | |||
D6 | Gut/Silver 21 1/4 | 5.9 | 252620 | |||
A7 | Gut/Silver 26 1/4 | 5.5 | 252720 | |||
D1 | Resonance Steel 3 3/4 | 4.3 | 350100 | |||
A2 | Resonance Steel 5 | 4.3 | 350200 | |||
FIS3 | Resonance Steel 5 3/4 | 4.1 | 350300 | |||
D4 | Resonance Steel 7 1/4 | 3.9 | 350400 | |||
A5 | Resonance Steel/Copper 9 1/4 | 3.4 | 350500 | |||
D6 | Resonance Steel/Copper 13 | 3.0 | 350600 | |||
A7 | Resonance Steel/Copper 17 | 2.9 | 350700 | |||
SET | Resonance Mittel | 350000 |