Violin, Viola & Cello Strings

Type: Varnished gut Length: 120cm Medium Gauge: 0.64mm Light Gauge: 0.62mm Heavy Gauge: 0.66mm Aquila's polished varnished gut strings merge the best of their knowledge of the 17th century string making traditions with modern methods aimed to improve stability to climate changes and string durability. These strings have a varnished surface. The varnish carefully chosen by Aquila ensures perfect compatibility with the elasticity of the gut, a perfect contact with the hairs of your bow, maximum protection to mechanical wear and increased stability in humidity changes.

Type: Varnished gut Length: 120cm Medium Gauge: 0.82mm Light Gauge: 0.79mm Heavy Gauge: 0.85mm Aquila's polished varnished gut strings merge the best of their knowledge of the 17th century string making traditions with modern methods aimed to improve stability to climate changes and string durability. These strings have a varnished surface. The varnish carefully chosen by Aquila ensures perfect compatibility with the elasticity of the gut, a perfect contact with the hairs of your bow, maximum protection to mechanical wear and increased stability in humidity changes.

Type: Varnished gut Length: 120cm Medium Gauge: 1.16mm Light Gauge: 1.12mm Heavy Gauge: 1.20mm Aquila's polished varnished gut strings merge the best of their knowledge of the 17th century string making traditions with modern methods aimed to improve stability to climate changes and string durability. These strings have a varnished surface. The varnish carefully chosen by Aquila ensures perfect compatibility with the elasticity of the gut, a perfect contact with the hairs of your bow, maximum protection to mechanical wear and increased stability in humidity changes.

TORO060 0.60mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - string length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 1st (medium)

TORO073 0.73mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 2nd (light) Viola 1st (light) Pardessus 3rd (medium) Treble Viol 2nd (medium) Bass Viol 1st (medium)

Type: Varnished gut Length: 120cm Medium Gauge: 1.55mm Light Gauge: 1.50mm Heavy Gauge: 1.60mm Aquila's polished varnished gut strings merge the best of their knowledge of the 17th century string making traditions with modern methods aimed to improve stability to climate changes and string durability. These strings have a varnished surface. The varnish carefully chosen by Aquila ensures perfect compatibility with the elasticity of the gut, a perfect contact with the hairs of your bow, maximum protection to mechanical wear and increased stability in humidity changes.

Type: Varnished gut Length: 120cm Medium Gauge: 1.08mm Light Gauge: 1.04mm Heavy Gauge: 1.12mm Aquila's polished varnished gut strings merge the best of their knowledge of the 17th century string making traditions with modern methods aimed to improve stability to climate changes and string durability. These strings have a varnished surface. The varnish carefully chosen by Aquila ensures perfect compatibility with the elasticity of the gut, a perfect contact with the hairs of your bow, maximum protection to mechanical wear and increased stability in humidity changes.

TORO062 0.62mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 1st (heavy) Treble Viol 1st (heavy) Tenor Viol 1st (medium)

TORO058 0.58mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - string length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 1st (medium)

Type: Plain gut Gauge: 0.64mm Length: 120cm Tension: Medium Code: EMS6.V1

TORO076 0.76mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 2nd (medium) Viola 1st (medium) Pardessus 3rd (heavy) Treble Viol 2nd (heavy) Bass Viol 1st (heavy)

TORO079 0.79mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - string length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 2nd (medium) Viola 1st (medium)

TORO120 120mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro. Suggested stringing: Cello 1st (medium) Pardessus 5th (medium) Treble Viol 4th (medium) Bass Viol 3rd (medium)

Type: Pure silver close wound Length: ....cm Medium Gauge (equivalent gut): 1.60mm Light Gauge (equivalent gut): 1.50mm Heavy Gauge (equivalent gut): 1.70mm Aquila's Code: 11F/10/12F Aquila conceived their pure silver close wound ( F ) strings with the aim of recovering the typical materials and proportions of the wound strings in use in the 18th and 19th century (round wires, no silk between the metal wire and the gut-core). These wound strings are rather different from modern strings, with methods produced using historical sources and by taking measurements from many original string fragments in museums.

TORO085 0.85mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - string length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 2nd (heavy) Viola 1st (heavy) Tenor Viol 2nd (medium)

TORO064 0.64mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - string length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 1st (heavy)

TORO056 0.56mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 1st (light) Pardessus 2nd (heavy) Treble Viol 1st (medium)

TORO082 0.82mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 2nd (medium) Viola 1st (medium)

TORO108 1.08mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Violin 3rd (medium) Viola 2nd (medium)

Type: Pure silver close wound Medium Gauge (equivalent gut): 2.50mm Light Gauge (equivalent gut): 2.40mm Heavy Gauge (equivalent gut): 2.60mm Aquila's Code: 47F/46F/48F Aquila conceived their pure silver close wound ( F ) strings with the aim of recovering the typical materials and proportions of the wound strings in use in the 18th and 19th century (round wires, no silk between the metal wire and the gut-core). These wound strings are rather different from modern strings, with methods produced using historical sources and by taking measurements from many original string fragments in museums.

TORO066 0.66mm varnished, ram gut string by Toro - string length 120cm. Suggested stringing: Tenor Viol 1st (heavy)

Medium Gauge: 0.56mm Heavy Gauge: 0.58mm Kurschner’s plain gut strings are made from the best selected material, and the combination of their experience and highly developed processing methods ensures a gut string of consistent, high quality.

Type: Silver plated close wound Length: 120cm Tension: Medium Code: EMS6.V4

Type: Pure silver close wound Medium Gauge (equivalent gut): 3.80mm Light Gauge (equivalent gut): 3.60mm Heavy Gauge (equivalent gut): 3.90mm Aquila's Code: 53F/52F/54F Aquila conceived their pure silver close wound ( F ) strings with the aim of recovering the typical materials and proportions of the wound strings in use in the 18th and 19th century (round wires, no silk between the metal wire and the gut-core). These wound strings are rather different from modern strings, with methods produced using historical sources and by taking measurements from many original string fragments in museums.