String Stretcher  – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – by String King

 

String stretcher is an original String King invention. It was created by a baroque violinst for baroque violinists (and other players using thin gut strings). How many times were you standing before the concert looking worriedly at your damaged gut string? Will it hold through the concert? Shall I change it now? But if I do, the whole performance will be spoiled by all the out of tune notes and constant tuning. All these agonising decisions can now become only bad memories.
Your salvation has a name – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y –
With its help you can pre-stretch your e and a string. It is light (made in aluminium) and small enough to put it in your instrument case. It is supplied with a handle for speedy windig and a piece of velcro tape for easy fitting in your instrument case. Every time you need to change the string, even at home, you can use a pre-stretched string and play in tune almost immediately.

Then you put a fresh string onto your – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – and tune it up to the desired pitch, checking it from time to time. It is waiting for you, always ready.
If you have several instruments with different stringing – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – is perfect for you – have one for each instrument.
If you are not a very “authentic” or if you are a very poor (economicaly speaking) baroque violinist, or you are playing 19th century repertoire, using your modern instrument and switching only the highest strings 
– S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – is the solution for you.
It is designed mainly for violinists but we can make versions in different dimensions for other instruments like viols, lute etc.
You can follow the photo instruction showing how to instal and use – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y –

Installation of – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – in a violin case:
 

Installation in Artonus violin case :

Putting on a-string

Putting on e-string

	“A winder”

The invention of the wheel is lost in the mists of time, but many can still recall how life was before the introduction of computers and cell phones - it is difficult today to imagine how one could manage without them. It is the beginning of a new era – from now on for baroque violinists there will be time before and after

– S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – (in short b.S. and a.S.).
It’s a – S – T – R – E – T – C – H – Y – time.