Please Note: selected shipping has no bearing on how long your order will take in the string workshop. Gamut strings are hand-made to order — shipping timelines are calculated from when your order leaves the workshop, not when the order was placed. We will send a sales receipt with tracking # when your order leaves the shop.
International Orders: are subject to customs/VAT ("landed cost") fees at the receiving end. Gamut Music has no control over carrier- or government-imposed taxes or fees. See our Shipping & Returns Policy and Authorized Worldwide Dealers for additional details.
Jun 22nd 2023
Silk is yet another option for music strings. There are references to using silk in some early Arabic literature about 'ouds, but not much in the Western tradition until the days of the British Raj. G…
Published by Dan Larson
May 26th 2023
We will be in attendance at the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival Exhibition at the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown. Make sure to stop by the Gamut Music booth to say "hello" to Jake and Garth,…
Apr 25th 2023
Happy Spring From the Gamut Music Workshop— Greetings from Northern Minnesota. This winter has been one for the record books. With so much snow, and ice, and rain, and wind, and cold, there…
Mar 9th 2023
UPDATE (04/2023) – European Union* Customers: We have been informed by FedEx that individual customers DO NOT need to provide an Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number. I…
Feb 17th 2023
Gamut Music is a small early music workshop in Duluth, Minnesota, specializing in Historically Informed Practice and modern performance practice natural gut and gut/wound music instrument strings.We h…
Feb 8th 2023
Greetings From the Gamut Music Workshop—It has been a dynamic winter here in northern Minnesota, but with the addition of a newly hired string polisher, the shop is running smoothly and is in the…
Dec 14th 2022
Gamut Music offers gift certificates in customizable amounts.You can send the certificate directly to the recipient via email, or select yourself as the recipient and receive the certificate with…
Nov 16th 2022
As the current state of domestic and international shipping continues to prove challenging, Gamut Music has taken steps to negotiate better carrier rates for our customers. If you require a shipp…
Oct 6th 2022
Gamut Music offers a few options for strings: Knotted Ends: All strings require a knot at the end to hold them onto the instrument's tailpiece. Many players like to tie their own knots, but…
Aug 12th 2022
Gamut Music has an extensive collection of in depth string-specific articles providing information on string types, string gauges, the gut string manufacturing process, performance techniques, an…
Jun 22nd 2022
With the continued flux and uncertainty of international shipping prices, we highly recommend checking our list of Authorized Worldwide Dealers to see if there are Gamut string retailers near you to h…
Jun 6th 2022
This year, the Viola da Gamba Society of America will hold its 60th Conclave at Miami College in Oxford, Ohio, from July 24-31. It will feature a full week of in-person and online classes, programs fo…
