Academie Gut C-Alto Viol Strings
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Academie Gut C-Alto Viol Strings

C-Alto Viol Gut String Set

AcademieSKU: CS600
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Gauge: Light
3-D Printed Ball Ends: No Ball Ends
String Varnish: No Varnish
Price:
$217.14 USD

Description

These C-Alto Viol gauges assume a vibrating string length of 44cm.

C-Alto Viol
Gut String Set Gauges
C-Alto Viol c-1 Gut
Light 0.48mm
Light+ 0.50mm
Medium 0.52mm
Medium+ 0.54mm
Heavy 0.56mm
Heavy+ 0.58mm
C-Alto Viol g-2 Gut
Light 0.64mm
Light+ 0.66mm
Medium 0.68mm
Medium+ 0.70mm
Heavy 0.72mm
Heavy+ 0.74mm
C-Alto Viol d-3 Lyon
Light 0.88mm
Light+ 0.90mm
Medium 0.92mm
Medium+ 0.94mm
Heavy 0.96mm
Heavy+ 0.98mm
C-Alto Viol B-4 Pistoy
Light 1.04mm
Light+ 1.06mm
Medium 1.08mm
Medium+ 1.10mm
Heavy 1.12mm
Heavy+ 1.14mm
C-Alto Viol F-5 Gut/Silverplate
Light 0.82mm
Light+ 0.84mm
Medium 0.86mm
Medium+ 0.88mm
Heavy 0.90mm
Heavy+ 092mm
C-Alto Viol C-6 Gut/Silverplate
Light 1.02mm
Light+ 1.04mm
Medium 1.06mm
Medium+ 1.08mm
Heavy 1.10mm
Heavy+ 1.12mm

 

    • C-Alto Viol c-1: Treble Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • C-Alto Viol g-2: Treble Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • C-Alto Viol d-3: Lyon Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • C-Alto Viol B-4: Pistoy Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • C-Alto Viol F-5: Gut/Silverplate-Wound / Single-Length, 32.75"/81cm; Knot to Stocking, 27"/69cm; Stocking, 5.5"/14cm

    • C-Alto Viol C-6: Gut/Silverplate-Wound / Single-Length, 32.75"/81cm; Knot to Stocking, 27"/69cm; Stocking, 5.5"/14cm

    • String Material: Beef Gut, Silverplate Wire

    • String Options: Ball End, Varnish

    • Tuning Designation: a=415

Plain gut strings come with unknotted ends. 3-D Printed Ball Ends may be added for an additional charge. Instructions on how to tie a string knot are on the back of each package. Gut/metal-wound strings come with a 3-D Printed Ball End.

Plain gut strings are available with a natural or varnish finish. Natural strings are hand-rubbed with a light oil. Varnished strings have three coats of finish before being hand-polished with the oil.

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Tuning Considerations
Gamut Academie Gut Alto Viol Strings are designed for Baroque instruments by those musicians playing historical performance practice at a=415, and are perfectly suitable for modern a=440 practice, but the result will be a little bit more tension at a=440.

Technical Considerations
Treble Gut is processed to be a little harder than the other kinds of gut. The string also has a lower twist of about 15 degrees. This construction gives it the strength and resistance it needs to stand the strain in the treble register. The color ranges from clear white to opaque yellow.

The Lyon-style of gut string is a high twist, single spin construction that offers a tone that is full and warm with a powerful fundamental and complex, pleasing upper partials. The color tends towards opaque light to medium yellow.

Pistoy Gut strings are made of three strands of gut twisted in one direction, and then the three combined together by twisting in the other direction in rope fashion. The results is a very flexible string with a quick response and a full, round sound. The color ranges from clear white on thinner strings to opaque yellow on thicker strings.

Gut/Silverplate-Wound strings feature a gut core with silver-plated copper wire wound onto the gut in tandem with a thin silk layer between the core and the wire.

These are our standard recommended gauges for this instrument. For gauges outside of this range, see our Custom Gauged Strings section.

All Gamut string set prices are based off of the individual string prices; there is no penalty for ordering strings à la carte.

Historical Considerations
One of the most common wires seen on historical strings is silver-plated copper. Before the advent of electroplating, wire was plated with silver through a chemical process, and there are extant strings of this type that were made for the violin family and keyboard instruments. The wire we use, like the historical examples, is left round on the core. If the wire were polished the plating would be removed.

Further Reading
Viola da Gamba / Viols
Early Music / Historically Informed Performance
Historical String-Making
Care and Cleaning of Gut Strings
String Calculator

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Hand-made in the USA by Gamut Music, Inc., a leader in the revival of early music strings and instruments. Gut strings are not intended to be used with fine tuners or string adjusters, and Gamut Music recommends removing those devices before installing the gut string on the instrument.

All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef gut (bovine serosa) unless they specifically say "sheep gut." All pure gut Tricolore violin and viola strings are made with sheep gut; Dependable Coated Violin Strings, gut/metal-wound Tricolore, and all Red Diamond strings are made with beef gut.

Gamut gut string gauges are approximate (≈) diameter. Meaning, that while a ≈0.60mm string is polished in the workshop to a diameter of 0.60mm, changes in ambient humidity, temperature, shipping, and storage conditions can cause the string to expand or contract slightly.

Gimped gut strings and gut/metal-wound equal tension strings are gauged with the equivalent-gauge (=) system. This means that the gauge listed, such as =1.50mm, indicates that the string is approximately equal in weight to a plain gut string of that diameter. Of course, because the wire is much heavier than gut, the string will be much thinner than a plain gut string.

More information about the care and cleaning of gut strings, Gamut Music string types, and string gauges and tensions can be found on our FAQ/Articles page. Not finding an answer to your question? Please contact us.