Tricolore Viola d-2 Gut
Tricolore Viola d-2 Gut
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Tricolore Viola d-2 Sheep Gut

TricoloreSKU: C2210
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Gauge: Light
String Varnish: No Varnish
Price:
$39.25 USD

Description

Tricolore Viola d-2
Sheep Gut Gauges
Light 1.04mm
Medium 1.06mm
Heavy 1.08mm

 

    • String Length: Single-Length, 32"/80cm

    • String Type: Lyon Gut

    • String Material: Sheep Gut

    • String Options: Varnish

    • Tuning Designation: a=440

Sheep Gut strings have slightly different properties than beef gut. It broad terms, they have a warm and rich sonority that is preferred by discerning players. The texture supports plucking or bowing very well, and the sound carries well in a room.

The string comes 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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Technical Considerations
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
Sheep gut is the classical material that has for centuries been used to make music strings. One of our clients with a poetic flair describes sheep gut as having a "golden" tone and beef gut having a "silver" tone.

Modern tailpieces are made with wider string slots than those of the early 20th century and a gut knot is no longer big enough to hold the string in place. The 3-D Printed Ball End will keep the string from pulling through the tailpiece.

The Tricolore brand, used by many famous violin soloists, was one of the most well-known violin strings made in the 20th century. This string was developed by the Perfection Musical String Co. The machines we use at Gamut Music were purchased from the Perfection Company, along with the formulations used to make Tricolore strings. These strings are accurate replications of the ones that filled American concert halls with sound in the 20th century.

Further Reading
Viola (Baroque, Classical)
Tricolore Strings Return
Historical String-Making
Care and Cleaning of Gut Strings
String Calculator

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.