Tailgut for Violin/Viola 48" Length, 2.10mm Diameter
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Tailgut for Violin/Viola 48" Length, 2.10mm Diameter

Tail Gut for Violin / Viola 48" Length, 2.10mm Diameter

AcademieSKU: TG210F
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String Varnish: No Varnish
Price:
$64.34 USD

Description

    • String Length: 48"

    • String Type: Tail Gut

    • String Material: Beef Gut

    • String Options: Varnish

Gamut Academie Tail Gut is used to attach the tailpiece onto instruments of the violin family and some viols.

Violins and violas use tail gut that is from 1.90mm to 2.20mm thick. Cellos use a gut around 3.00mm thick, and a contrabass / violone should use tail gut of about 5.00mm.

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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Tying Tail Gut Instructions
We offer instructions for tying tail gut on a modern tailpiece and a historical tailpiece (the Stradivari Stitch).

Technical Considerations
The thickness that you choose depends on the qualities you are looking for. A thicker gut will be more stable and stretch less than a thinner gut, but it may not allow as much vibration in the tailpiece as the instrument needs to sound its best. One of the advantages to the use of real gut over synthetic gut is that the flexibility of the tail gut can be changed simply by changing the diameter of the gut and this can have a radical effect on the tone and response of the instrument.

Further Reading
Historical String-Making
Care and Cleaning of Gut Strings

See full details on Gamut Music's Return Policy, String Warranty, and Shipping Information.


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.