Tricolore Viola Strings
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Tricolore Viola Strings

Tricolore Gut Viola String Set

TricoloreSKU: CS200
5 reviews
Gauge: Light
String Varnish: No Varnish
Price:
$229.18 USD

Description

Tricolore Viola
Gut String Set Gauges
Viola a-1 Sheep Gut
Light 0.76mm
Medium 0.78mm
Heavy 0.80mm
Viola d-2 Sheep Gut
Light 1.04mm
Medium 1.06mm
Heavy 1.08mm
Viola G-3 Gut/Silver
Light 0.84mm
Medium 0.86mm
Heavy 0.88mm
Viola C-4 Gut/Silver
Light 1.08mm
Medium 1.10mm
Heavy 1.12mm

 

    • Viola a-1: Sheep Gut / Single-Length, 32"/80cm

    • Viola d-2: Sheep Gut / Single-Length, 32"/80cm

    • Viola G-3: Gut/Silver-Wound / Single-Length, 25.5"/65cm; Knot to Stocking, 19.5"/49.5cm; Stocking, 6"/15cm

    • Viola C-4: Gut/Silver-Wound / Single-Length, 25.5"/65cm; Knot to Stocking, 19.5"/49.5cm; Stocking, 6"/15cm

    • String Material: Sheep Gut, Beef Gut, Silver Wire

    • String Options: Varnish

    • Tuning Designation: a=440

These 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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Technical Considerations
Tricolore plain gut strings are made with sheep gut; gut/metal-wound Tricolore strings are made with beef gut.

Tricolore Gut/Silver-Wound strings feature a gut core with sterling silver wire wound onto the gut in tandem with a thin silk layer between the core and the wire.

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. These strings were 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.