Description
Gamut Academie 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.
| Contrabass C/D-5 Gut/Silverplate Gauges | |
| Light | 3.62mm |
| Light+ | 3.66mm |
| Medium | 3.70mm |
| Medium+ | 3.74mm |
| Heavy | 3.80mm |
| Heavy+ | 3.84mm |
This is an extra heavy single-length (80", 200cm) Lyon-style beef serosa contrabass (double bass) string with a silver-plated copper wire wound onto the gut with a thin silk layer wound onto the core between the gut and wire. It is intended for use on a standard length contrabass which needs to be tuned lower than the standard E-4.
Contrabass C/D-5 Gut/Silverplate-Wound wire and stocking lengths:
- Knot to stocking - 54.5" (138cm)
- Stocking length - 12" (30cm)
- Total string length - 66.5" (169cm)
If your instrument requires additional wire or stocking length, please contact us.
The end of the string that goes into the tailpiece is knotted and there is a loop of gut on the end. This knot will hold the string in most historical tailpieces, but will slip through a modern tailpiece. Modern tailpieces have a hole-and-slot arrangement for holding the string in place and most tailpieces today have slots cut into them that are so wide that the knot tied at the end of the gut string will slip through when tension is put on the string. To prevent this, we can install a leather washer on the string before it is wound. This washer is wide enough that it will prevent string ends from slipping through most tailpiece slots. There is an extra charge for this service.
Wound strings for the contrabass are warrantied for a period of six months from the date of shipping.
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