0.64 mm - Unsplit Lamb Gut - Sheep Gut - Pre-stretched
violin - 1-e
Pre-Stretched and quality controlled by String King
2 single-length strings with knots
String King has created a special string stretching device on which we stretch strings for several days (tuning them up repeatedly) until they stabilize at a pitch of a-415Hz or slightly above. There are no sharp edges which could damage the strings.
Before stretching, we make 2 tidy knots and burn the gut ends for security.
The string becomes thinner on our device (and on your violin) by, on average, 0,02mm.
After stretching we cut the double-length string in half and put back in its envelope.
In the envelope a string becomes shorter but after putting it on a violin it reaches its stable working tension much faster than a new string, and it stays there. In an emergency situation you can just put the single e-string, ready with a knot, on your violin and get it in tune much faster.
And, last but not least, we check the quality of the string. If the string breaks on our device, is uneven or damaged we send it back directly to the producer. Your risk of putting a new string which breaks soon on your violin is almost eliminated.
The use of unsplit lamb gut, besides being closer to the historical reality of the string makers of the past, has also led to strings with unexpected superior acoustical and mechanical properties, as compared to those produced with gut strips. The HU type strings have a surface that has been smoothened only the minimum needed to guarantee that the string is not false; the string is then slightly oiled.
Standard length is 120 cm up to diameters of 1.90 mm.
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