Aquila Corde Armoniche catalogo 2009

Aquila Corde Armoniche

Catalogue

2009

Caldogno, Vicenza, Italy / Badenweiler, Germany

... the best came tu us of Almaigne, on this side the toune of Munic, and from AQUILA in Italie....

Adrian Le Roy ( A briefe and plaine instruction.... London 1574

- AQUILA CATALOGUE -

INTRODUCTION

ith this catalogue we would like to introduce our complete range of strings and propose some favourable sales conditions; we would also like to offer you any advice and technical assistance you

may require.W

n order to grant maximum clarity and simplicity the catalogue is made up of tables illustrating general characteristics, field of applications, prices and any further suggestions about each item. On the basis of

our experience and deep know-how in the field of ancient and modern gut processing techniques we believe that only if we take inspiration from the tradition of the great string-makers of the past it becomes possible to recover the magic of sound that only gut, of all materials, can offer us.

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he discoveries of the past few years, among which the gut loading process that we at AQUILAs first developed, allowed us to build a bridge into the future by developing natural gut and synthetic strings

with totally innovative acoustic and technological properties: the future of music has always proceeded through the strings.

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Your Distributor:

Matthias WagnerKlemmbachstr. 11 AD - 79410 Badenweiler - Schweighof

Phone: (+49) 76 32 82 86 95 Fax: (+49) 76 32 82 898 68e-mail: saitenversand (at) music-strings .de Internet: http://www.music-strings.de ( music string shop )

http://www.lutes-strings.de ( Instrument pages )

On the above given Internet addresses, you can find all these informations and a lot more about other strings from Savarez, Pyramid, Pirastro and Krschner.

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- HERE IS THE LIST OF THE Aquila PRODUCTS - High and mid range high twist plain gut strings, varnished or oiled. Mid range double twist gut strings ( V type ), we call them Venice. Fret-gut. High and mid range Nylgut strings ( NG type ). High and mid range nylon strings ( N type ). Low range Nylgut multifilament wound with copper and silvered copper wire ( D type ). Low range fully loaded gut strings ( C type ). Mid range partly loaded gut strings for bowed instruments ( E type ). Low range gut core strings wound with pure silver or silvered copper wire, according to the

manufacturing criteria of the 18th and 19th century ( F and A types ). Mid range open-wound strings (demi-fil) for bowed instruments in pure silver or silvered

copper wire( FD and AD types ).

Wound silk-core strings for 18th century-guitars and harps Sets for classical guitar. Sets for bowed instruments.

Historical rosin for bowed instruments (from a late 18th century-Italian recipe).

- LENGTHS AND DIAMETERS engths and diameters offered are per price list; however we can provide different sizes upon request. Sets of strings for instruments of Violin -family come in a choice of three degrees of

tension: light - medium - heavy; those for Viola da Gamba and the Classical Guitar in two: medium - heavy.

LLL OUR PLAIN GUT STRINGS, WHETHER VARNISHED STAINED OR OILED, ARE THE SAME PRICE.A

- GUARANTEES -quila shall immediately replace or refund at no extra cost any faulty string (false or broken) that may have eluded our quality control within one month from delivery, upon return of faulty

items. Please specify whether replacement or refund is required. We can offer no guarantee in case you are not satisfied with the acoustical characteristics of our standard or custom-made strings, if they present no material faults.

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ote: gut gauges on the tables are considered at the making standard condition of 20 C and 60 % degree of humidity.N

- ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE -e believe that each musical instrument represents a unique reality and that it is crucial to produce and choose the ideal stringing for it; this is fundamental in order to achieve the best

performance and ease of play. We are at your complete disposal to help you choose the best possible stringing for your instrument in full respect to all criteria of historic authenticity.

Way we here remind of the absolute importance of the correct setting of the system tailpiece- bridge- sound post in bowed instruments in relation to the type of stringing chosen.-M

o keep calculations simple and make it possible to use any available string-calculator, fully and partly loaded gut strings, as well as wound Nylgut ones, are referred to by a letter following a

number indicating the equivalent diameter of a plain gut string. E. g. 140 C stands for a fully loaded gut strings (indicated by the letter C) corresponding to a plain gut string 1.40 mm. in diameter. The actual diameter of the string is, of course, smaller but under playing conditions it will have the same working tension as a plain gut string of 140 mm. diameter at equal pitch.

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- HIGH TWIST PLAIN GUT STRINGS -INTRODUCTION

he origin of the employment of gut to make musical strings is lost in the mists of time. Along the centuries manufacturing techniques were gradually refined until they reached the

perfection unanimously recognised as the trademark of Italian and French stringmakers in the 17th

to 19th century.

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he scope of our work, supported by constant research and painstaking experimentation, is to offer natural gut strings produced by modern craftsmen working in the ancient Italian string-

makers manufacturing criteria that for centuries has been passed on from one generation to the next, sure to offer you the very best of our tradition and aiming to reach the magic of sound that only gut, of all materials, can achieve.

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First choice plain gut strings for general use in high and mid registers.ll strings more than 0.50 mm. in diameter are exclusively high twist and undergo a specific processing aiming to ensure maximum elasticity and grant the best acoustical performance,

ease of attack and long playing life, as proven by many acoustics and wear-and-tear tests. A

trings up to 1.75 mm. in diameter are varnished in order to grant a longer playing life; on request we supply oiled or totally unthreaded strings, too. Strings more than 1.65 mm. thick

are normally oiled.S

OT ALL GUT STRINGS ARE ALIKE: THE DIFFERENCE IS MADE BY THE STRICT RESPECT TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOLLOWED FOR CENTURIES BY

THE STRINGMAKING MASTERS.N

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High twist gut

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Durchm. 120 cm 180 cm 120 cm 180 cm Durchm. 120 cm 180 cm 120 cm 180 cmBrutto Brutto Brutto Brutto Brutto Brutto Brutto Brutto

gelt gelt gelt gelt

AQ 038 4,76 AQ 116 14,62 29,58 15,66 31,32AQ 040 4,76 AQ 120 16,59 33,18 17,63 35,26AQ 042 4,76 AQ 124 16,59 33,18 17,63 35,26AQ 044 4,76 AQ 128 16,59 33,18 17,63 35,26AQ 046 4,76 AQ 132 16,59 33,18 17,63 35,26AQ 048 5,22 AQ 136 16,59 33,18 17,63 35,26AQ 050 5,22 5,45 AQ 140 18,91 37,93 20,07 40,25AQ 052 5,22 5,45 AQ 145 18,91 37,93 20,07 40,25AQ 054 6,15 6,50 AQ 150 18,91 37,93 20,07 40,25AQ 056 6,15 6,50 AQ 155 18,91 37,93 20,07 40,25AQ 058 6,15 6,50 AQ 160 20,65 41,53 21,92 43,96AQ 060 6,15 12,30 6,50 12,99 AQ 165 20,65 41,53 22,04 43,96AQ 062 6,15 12,30 6,50 12,99 AQ 170 20,65 41,53 22,04 43,96AQ 064 7,66 15,31 8,12 16,24 AQ 180 23,66 47,56 25,29 50,92AQ 066 7,66 15,31 8,12 16,24 AQ 190 26,45 53,01 28,30 56,72AQ 068 7,66 15,31 8,12 16,24 AQ 200 26,45 53,01 28,30 56,72AQ 070 7,66 15,31 8,12 16,24 AQ 210 31,20 61,60 33,06 65,89AQ 073 7,66 15,31 8,12 16,24 AQ 220 31,20 61,60 33,06 65,89AQ 076 9,05 17,98 9,63 19,14 AQ 230 31,20 61,60 33,06 65,89AQ 079 9,05 17,98 9,63 19,14 AQ 240 33,87 67,63 36,19 72,38AQ 082 9,05 17,98 9,63 19,14 AQ 250 33,87 67,63 36,19 72,38AQ 085 9,05 17,98 9,63 19,14 AQ 260 33,87 67,63 36,19 72,38AQ 088 9,05 17,98 9,63 19,14 AQ 280 42,34 84,68 45,24 90,60AQ 091 11,48 20,07 12,18 21,23 AQ 300 42,34 84,68 45,24 90,60AQ 094 11,48 20,07 12,18 21,23 AQ 320 47,10 88,39 50,34 94,54AQ 097 11,48 20,07 12,18 21,23 AQ 340 47,10 88,39 50,34 94,54AQ 100 11,48 20,07 12,18 21,23 AQ 400 93,03 99,53AQ 104 11,48 20,07 12,18 21,23 AQ 420 97,44 104,28AQ 108 11,48 20,07 12,18 21,23 AQ 440 102,08 97,56AQ 112 14,62 29,58 15,66 31,32 AQ 480 109,04 116,58

half rectified

half rectified

half rectified

half rectified

- DOUBLE TWIST GUT STRINGS - V TYPE -INTRODUCTION

In the 16th and 17th century is iconographical sources the strings on musical instruments are

depicted as smooth, rather curly and, in the tract coming out of the peg box, they are often bundled up like they were made of soft cord. This suggests that at time the strings were extremely pliable, which would obviously affect their acoustical performance. On the contrary, modern gut strings, because of their stiffness, can only be made up in circular coils, lest they get damaged. Starting from this important observation and supported by other historical informations we created our VENICE strings.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND FIELD OF APPLICATION

Our V strings possess a remarkable degree of elasticity and pliability, superior to any strings currently on the market. This means a surprisingly ready attack and good richness in upper harmonics. Smooth surface. Available in a wide choice of diameters and lengths, our VENICE strings are particularly suited for the mid registers of Renaissance and Baroque stringing, e.g. as

2nd and 3rd Violin, 1st and 2nd Viola and Cello; 3rd and 4th Viola da Gamba (Tenor and Bass)

and Lute (Renaissance and Baroque tunings), 1st, 2nd and 3rd Violone; 1st and 2nd Double Bass strings.

LEGACCI - FRETS L = 200 CM

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TYPE 120cm. TYPE 120cm.Netto Brutto Netto Brutto

70 11,00 13,09 136 17,60 20,9473 11,00 13,09 140 20,90 24,8776 11,00 13,09 145 20,90 24,8779 1,20 1,43 150 24,10 28,6882 13,20 15,71 155 24,10 28,6885 13,20 15,71 160 24,10 28,6888 13,20 15,71 170 25,90 30,8291 13,20 15,71 180 25,90 30,8294 14,30 17,02 190 27,90 33,2097 14,30 17,02 200 30,80 36,65

100 14,30 17,02 220 30,80 36,65104 14,30 17,02 240 36,20 43,08108 14,30 17,02 260 36,20 43,08112 15,40 18,33 280 44,00 52,36116 15,40 18,33 310 48,80 58,07120 15,40 18,33 340 50,30 59,86124 17,60 20,94 400128 17,60 20,94 420132 17,60 20,94 440

460

type Netto Brutto type Netto Brutto type Netto Brutto type Netto Brutto

55 6,2 7,38 75 8,9 10,59 95 11,4 13,57 115 14,5 17,2660 6,5 7,74 80 9,2 10,95 100 11,8 14,04 120 16,3 19,465 7,6 9,04 85 9,2 10,95 105 11,8 14,04 130 16,3 19,470 7,9 9,4 90 11,4 13,57 110 12 14,28 140 19 22,61

RECTIFIED NYLGUT STRINGS - NG TYPE

The development of a new synthetic material that can imitate the acoustical characteristics of gut but without the typical defects such as high cost, short string life, and severe instability to changes of climate, has always been a fundamental goal of our research. Nylgut represents the fruit of this research and is a perfect synthesis of the acoustical properties of nylon and of PVF (carbon) strings.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FIELD OF APPLICATION

Nylgut, distinguishable by its milk-white colour, has the same guts density (gauges are the same of the gut) and acoustical qualities similar to that material. It should be considered the first synthetic version of the natural product. Other strong points of Nylgut are its elevated resistance under tension greater than that of gut- but even more important is its extraordinary immunity to changes of climate, considerable superior to that of nylon and gut, thereby guarantying an insuperable stability of tuning under normal conditions.Nylgut can be used advantageously for the substitution of nylon and gut strings for plucked string instruments such as lutes, guitars and harps (modern harps included). For example,

Nylgut strings are particularly well suited for the 1st through 5th courses of the renaissance and d minor-baroque lutes.

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Equiv Nylon Equiv PVF 120 cm 180 cmNetto Brutto Netto Brutto

36 40 30 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8138 42 32 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8140 44 34 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8142 46 36 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8144 48 38 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8146 52 40 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8148 54 40 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8150 56 42 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8152 58 44 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8154 60 46 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8156 62 48 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8158 64 50 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8160 66 52 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8162 68 52 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8164 70 54 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8166 73 56 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8168 73 58 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8170 76 60 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8173 79 62 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8176 85 64 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8179 88 68 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8182 91 70 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8185 94 73 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8188 97 76 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8191 100 79 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8194 104 79 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,8197 82 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,81100 85 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,81104 88 3,3 3,93 7,4 8,81108 7,4 8,81112 7,4 8,81116 7,4 8,81120 7,4 8,81124 7,4 8,81128 7,4 8,81132 7,4 8,81136 7,4 8,81140 7,4 8,81145 7,4 8,81

- RECTIFIED NYLON STRINGS - N TYPE -INTRODUCTIONThe use of polyamides for the production of music strings dates back to the 1950s and replaced gradually that of gut especially in the field of plucked instruments, such as the Guitar and the Lute.Compared with gut, nylon offers undoubtedly some practical advantages, such as longer playing life, higher stability in case of climatic changes and relatively cheaper prices.

FIELD OF APPLICATION

Research applied to synthetic materials has singled out the best polyamides to be used on musical instruments. Our rectified nylon strings are available in a wide variety of diameters covering high and mid registers and grant what is normally expected of a good string: a clean sound, promptness to the touch, long playing life, uncompromising rectification precision, acoustical qualities comparable with those of the best quality gut strings available today on the market.

- PRICES - L = 105 cm.

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Type Equiv gut Equiv PVFNetto Brutto

38N 34 2,6 3,0940N 36 30 2,6 3,0942N 38 32 2,6 3,0944N 40 34 2,6 3,0946N 42 36 2,6 3,0948N 44 38 2,6 3,0950N 46 38 2,6 3,0952N 46 40 2,6 3,0954N 48 40 2,6 3,0956N 50 42 2,6 3,0958N 52 44 2,6 3,0960N 54 46 2,6 3,0962N 56 48 2,6 3,0964N 58 50 2,6 3,0966N 60 52 2,6 3,0968N 62 52 2,6 3,0970N 64 54 2,6 3,0973N 66 56 2,6 3,0976N 70 60 2,6 3,0979N 73 62 2,6 3,0982N 76 64 2,6 3,0985N 76 64 2,6 3,0988N 79 68 2,6 3,0991N 82 70 2,6 3,0994N 85 73 2,6 3,0997N 88 76 2,6 3,09100N 91 79 2,6 3,09

- NYLGUT WOUND STRINGS - D TYPE -

First quality wound strings with copper and silvered copper wire, manufactured according to our best experience. The innovative idea was to employ a Nylgut multifilament cores very stable to the moisture changing- and to partly limit the production of the very high overtones giving the metallic edge that is generally present in the strings of this type and never welcome by early music lovers. The copper wire employed on the thinner strings, the ones more subject to wear-and-tear, is protected by a light superficial coating which also grants a longer playing life.Special lengths (160/180 cm): on request only.

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type 105 cm 120 cm 140 cm 160 cm 180 cmNetto Brutto Netto Brutto Netto Brutto Netto Brutto Netto Brutto

73 D 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00 7,68 9,14 9,60 11,4276 D 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00 7,68 9,14 9,60 11,4279 D 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00 7,68 9,14 9,60 11,4282 D 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00 7,68 9,14 9,60 11,4285 D 4,20 5,00 5,04 6,00 5,88 7,00 6,72 8,00 8,40 10,0088 D 4,20 5,00 5,04 6,00 5,88 7,00 6,72 8,00 8,40 10,0091 D 4,20 5,00 5,04 6,00 5,88 7,00 6,72 8,00 8,40 10,0094 D 3,50 4,17 4,20 5,00 4,90 5,83 5,60 6,66 7,00 8,3397 D 3,50 4,17 4,20 5,00 4,90 5,83 5,60 6,66 7,00 8,33100 D 3,50 4,17 4,20 5,00 4,90 5,83 5,60 6,66 7,00 8,33104 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14108 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14112 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14116 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14120 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66124 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66128 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66132 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66136 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66140 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66145 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66150 D 2,80 3,33 3,36 4,00 3,92 4,66 4,48 5,33 5,60 6,66155 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62160 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62165 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62170 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62175 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62180 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62185 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62190 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62195 D 3,20 3,81 3,84 4,57 4,48 5,33 5,12 6,09 6,40 7,62200 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14210 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14220 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14230 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14240 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14250 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14260 D 3,00 3,57 3,60 4,28 4,20 5,00 4,80 5,71 6,00 7,14

- WOUND STRINGS ON NYLGUT - "DE" TYPE -TECHNICAL FEATURESThese strings consist of a Nylgut multifilament core (characterized by a remarkable stability in climatic changes) with copper wires over-varnished. Diameters: from 1.00 to 2.50 mm, expressed in equivalent solid gut.

FIELD OF APPLICATIONThese strings were specifically designed for the deep basses of archlutes, d minor-lutes, theorbos with shortened extention, but also for the basses of regular Renaissance and Baroque lutes, if you prefer a more fundamental oriented sound.

The innovative characteristic of our DE strings lies in the fact that they were specifically conceived to best reproduce the timbric and acoustical qualities of our C type loaded gut strings, which are strongly fundamental oriented.

Standard Length: 140 cm.

THE EQUIVALENT SOLID GUT To keep calculations simple and make it possible to use any available string-calculator, C type loaded gut strings, as well as wound Nylgut ones D and DE types, are referred to by a letter following a number indicating the equivalent diameter of a plain gut string. E. g. "140 C" or "140D"stands for strings (indicated by the letter "C" or "D") corresponding to a plain gut string 1.40 mm. in diameter. The actual diameter of the strings is, of course, smaller but under playing conditions it will have the same working tension as a plain gut string of 140 mm. diameter at equal pitch.

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105 cm 140 cm 160 cm 180 cm

Netto Brutto Netto Brutto Netto Brutto Netto Brutto

NGWDE 100 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 104 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 108 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 112 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 116 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 120 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 124 3,90 4,64 5,20 6,19 6,24 7,43 7,28 8,66

NGWDE 128 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 132 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 136 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 140 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 145 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 150 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 155 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 160 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 165 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 170 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 180 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 190 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 200 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 210 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 220 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 230 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 240 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

NGWDE 250 3,60 4,28 4,80 5,71 5,76 6,85 6,72 8,00

- LOADED BASS GUT STRINGS - C TYPE -INTRODUCTION

The appearing of wound strings caused, starting from the end of the 17th century, the definitive abandoning of the ancient manufacturing techniques of the traditional all-gut strings. This explains why modern plain gut strings fail to produce an acceptable acoustical performance in the low registers, thus making it unavoidable to use wound strings for musical repertoires that actually pre-date their historical appearing; this, in turn, causes an obvious philological paradox as well as serious tone and balance problems between high and low registers. A large number of bass string hole diameters recorded from original

bridges and tail pieces of plucked instruments dating from the late 16th and 17th century shows that those holes are too small to allow plain gut strings a sufficient working tension

at the proper pitch. Musical iconography from the 17th century also shows often bass gut strings of quite different colours from that typical of plain gut, varying from dark red to brown only. Treatises of the time confirm, too, that strings possessed a remarkable duration of sound and acoustical exuberance. All this suggests a revolutionary hypothesis: the loading of gut, a technological strategy that we believe employed by the ancient string-makers in order to render the strings to be used in the low registers more sonorous.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Varnished natural gut strings characterised by a high, standardised specific weight, achieved by a loading process with a special mineral compound. Diameters smaller than 185 C are manufactured with a gradual loading decrease, in order to keep the otherwise excessive brightness of sound of the thinner strings under control and at the same time to obtain a higher tensile resistance and a longer playing life. Reddish brown colour, smooth and varnished surface.

ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES AND FIELD OF APPLICATION

Strong and warm tone, without the excessive brightness typical of wound strings, perfectly coherent with the tone and dynamics character of plain, or even nylon, high strings. Excellent in staying in tune, better than any plain Gut, Nylon and wound strings available today. Indispensable for Renaissance and Baroque stringing, in the strictest respect to authenticity. Care should be taken not to twist them in the sense of rotation opposite to the one they already have.

- GUT LOADING IS THE ORIGINAL AND EXCLUSIVE RESULT OF AQUILAS OWN RESEARCH -

- THE PRODUCT IS COMPLETELY NON-TOXIC -

The loaded and partly loaded strings are actually out of productionsome singsle strings I do hev actually in my stock

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- MORE ABOUT AQUILA WOUND STRINGS -...to learn more: check at the FAQ on the Aquila Internet page- WOUND GUT STRINGS - " F " AND " A " TYPES.- OPEN-WOUND STRINGS (demi fil) - " FD ", " AD " TYPES.- SILK CORE WOUND STRINGS (19th C. Harps and Guitars). INTRODUCTIONThe earliest mentions known to us of wound strings dates back to 1659 (Hartlib Papers Project; Ephemerides: "Goretsky hath an invention of lute strings covered with silver wyer, or strings which make a most admirable musick. Mr Boyle. [...] String of guts done about with silver wyer makes a very sweet musick, being of Goretskys invention) and 1664 (John Playford: "An Introduction to the Skill of Musik..."). However, their use did not spread out very quickly for some decades: in fact the earliest iconographical evidence showing musical instruments strung with wound strings (Violin and Cello) date back to 1680.In Italy, a country renowned for its string production, the earliest evidence is from the year 1677. According to Rousseau (Trait de la Viole, 1685) it was the Viola da Gamba player Sainte Colombe who first introduced them into France around 1675, but the most important English Lute and Viola da Gamba tutor, Thomas Mace's "Musick's Monument", in 1676 does not mention them at all. According to James Talbot's MS. (ca.1700) Lute, Violin and Bass-Violin bass strings are still the usual gut ones, namely Lyons, Catlines or the "deep dark red" Pistoys. Only in the early decades of the 18th century wound strings -both close or open wound (called, in 18th c. France, demi-file)- got the upper hand of traditional gut strings, revolutionizing music making to our day.

- SILK WOUND STRINGS .

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND FIELD OF APPLICATIONWe conceived our "F" (close wound), "FD" (open wound) in pure silver; "A" (close wound), "AD" (open wound) in silvered copper wire type-strings with the aim of recovering the typical materials and proportions of the wound strings in use in the 18th and 19th century

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AQC 112 27,48 AQC 220 51,27AQC 120 27,48 AQC 240 80,89AQC 124 31,4 AQC 250 80,89AQC 132 31,4 AQC 270 85,64AQC 140 37,23 AQC 280 85,64AQC 150 42,94 AQC 300 88,02AQC 160 42,94 AQC 320 80,89AQC 170 43,77 AQC 340 80,89AQC 180 43,77 AQC 380 85,64AQC 190 46,39 AQC 400 85,64AQC 200 51,27 AQC 400 88,02AQC 210 51,27

Art.Nr. Preis in Preis in

(round wires, no silk between the metal wire and the gut-core): rather different from modern strings, as supported by historical sources and by measurements taken from original string fragments in museums.

This is our best answer to the needs of people who are seriously interested in the faithful reproduction of the musical repertories of the past.

Hereby we would also like to remind you to use our "C" type loaded gut strings when performing late 16th and hearly 17th century music; our "FD" and "AD" types on French 18th Century-repertoires (3rd D Violine; 4th Bass Viola da Gamba C); in the strictest respect to historical authenticity.

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- L U T E S -- Owing to the large variety of instruments within the lute family, we do not find it possible to suggest any standard stringing. Please let us have the following information:

Type of instrument and vibrating string length. Top string pitch (note and pitch frequency). String tension. Unison or octave disposition of courses. Type of string (plain or loaded Gut, Nylgut, wound, nylon, etc.).

- Lacking detailed information we will follow our own experience -

- For all-gut stringing on Renaissance six to ten course and Baroque eleven to thirteen course d minor lutes we suggest the following general scheme:

1st course: plain gut, low twist. Nylgut strings (NG type).

2nd and 3rd course and all octaves: plain gut, high twist. Nylgut strings (NG type).

4th course: Venice, double twist. Nylgut strings (NG type).

5th to 10th course (or 13th): loaded gut (C type). Nylgut wound strings (D type).

- For the six course-Lute / Vihuela, in respect to authenticity, we recommend the use of

Venice strings for the 4th, 5th and 6th courses.

Theorbo / Chitarrone:

FRETTED COURSES.

1st and 3rd: plain gut, high twist. Nylgut strings (NG type).

2nd and 4th: Venice, double twist. Nylgut (NG type).

5th and 6th (and 7th, if you have one): loaded gut (C type). Nylgut wound strings (D type).

EXTENDED BASS COURSES,

7TH to 12th: plain gut, high twist. Nylgut strings (NG type).

13th and 14th: loaded gut, (C type). Nylgut strings (NG type).

Upon request we supply complete string sets for Baroque, Romantic (19th century) Guitars, Hurdy-Gurdy and medieval instruments (Harp, Fiddle, Rebec etc.).

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- SETS FOR BOWED INSTRUMENTS -(calculated for a-415 Hz.)

- VIOLIN -BAROQUE VIOLIN (stringing type before 1690 ca.) - Gut string length: 120 cm.These sets were conceived bearing in mind the current string diameters strandards and equal feeling profil

EUR Light Medium Heavy

e high twist gut see price list 2x 62 64 66

a high twist gut see price list 2x 88 91 94

a Venice "V" type see price list 2x 91 V 94 V 97 V

d high twist gut see price list 2x 124 128 132

d Venice "V" type see price list 2x 128 V 132 V 136 V

d loaded gut "C" type see price list 2x 124 C 132 C 140 C

G Venice "V" type see price list (2X) 170 V 180 V 190 V

G loaded gut "C" type see price list 2x 170 C 180 C 190 C

BAROQUE VIOLIN (stringing type after 1690 ca.) - Gut string length: 120 cm.These sets were conceived bearing in mind the current string diameters strandards and scaling tension profile


e high twist gut see price list 2x 62 64 66


a Venice "V" type see price list 2x 82 V 85 V 88 V


d Venice "V" type see price list 2x 108 V 112 V 116 V

d open wound "AD" type 16.00 108 equiv gutAQVIB DAD/L

112 equiv gutAQVIB DAD/M

116 equiv gutAQVIB DAD/H

d open wound "FD" type 22.00 108 equiv gutAQVIB DFD/L

112 equiv gutAQVIB DFD/M

112 equiv gutAQVIB DFD/H

G silvered copper wound "A" type

16.00 155 equiv gutAQVIB GA/L

160 equiv gutAQVIB GA/M

165 equiv gutAQVIB GA/H

G silver wound "F" type 22.00 155 equiv gutAQVIB GF/L

160 equiv gutAQVIB GF/M

165 equiv gutAQVIB GF/H

Violin historical string sets (gauges developed according to historical sources)

The diameters suggested here were the rule for violin strings from the mid-18th to the end of the 19th century, as indicated by the substatial documentation of the time. Especially the medium tension diameters correspond to those of the strings that belonged to Paganini, (ca. 1840) which we measured in April 2000 and other sources.

We strongly suggest here the use of the half rectified gut strings: the surface of these strings is only partly rectified, imitating the manual polishing techique of the time. With this method the amount of fibers damaged by the abrasive action is noticeably reduced as compared with strings rectified with modern procedures. The advantages are: better stability against climatic changes, longer playing life and better acoustic performance. The 4th string is made according to F. Galeazzi (Rome 1792) and Louis Spohr (1832).

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TYPE EUR Light Medium Heavy

e high twist gut see price list 2X

66 70 73

a high twist gut see price list 2X

85 88 91

d high twist gut see price list 2X

112 116 124


16,00 170 equiv gutAQVIH GA/L

175 equiv gutAQVIH GA/M


G pure silver wound "F" type 22,00 170 equiv gutAQVIH GA/L



- VIOLE -

BAROQUE VIOLA -- Gut string length: 120 cm.These sets were conceived bearing in mind the current string diameters strandards




g silvered copper wound "A" type

16.00 160 equiv gutAQVAB GA/L

165 equiv gut AQVAB GA/M

170 equiv gut AQVAB GA/H

g silver wound "F" type 23.00 160 equiv gut AQVAB GF/L

165 equiv gutAQVAB GF/M

170 equiv gutAQVAB GF/H

C silvered copper wound "A" type

20.00 220 equiv gutAQVAB CA/L

230 equiv gutAQVAB CA/M

240 equiv gutAQVAB CA/H

C silver wound "F" type 28.00 220 equiv gutAQVAB CF/L

230 equiv gutAQVAB CF/M

240 equiv gutAQVAB CF/H

Viola historical string sets (gauges developed according to historical sources) -Suggested diameters represent a mean value as inferred from historic sources from the 18th and 19th centuries. From those sources it is possible to ascertain that the viol was strung with the same strings as the violin, minus the E treble and plus an overspun bottom C. We strongly suggest here the use of the half rectified gut strings: the surface of these strings is only partly rectified, imitating the manual polishing techique of the time. With this method the amount of fibers damaged by the abrasive action is noticeably reduced as compared with strings rectified with modern procedures. The advantages are: better stability against climatic changes, longer playing life and better acoustic performance. The 3rd and 4th strings are made according to F. Galeazzi (Rome 1792).

TIPO EUR Light Medium Heavy

a high twist gut see price list 2x

85 88 91

d high twist gut see price list 2x

112 116 124

g silvered copper wound "A" type

16,00 170 equiv gutAQVAH GA/L

175 equiv gutAQVAH GA/M

180 equiv gutAQVAH GA/H

g silver wound "F" type

23,00 170 equiv gutAQVAH GF/L

175 equiv gutAQVAH GF/M

180 equiv gutAQVAH GF/H


20,00 260 equiv gutAQVAH CA/L

270 equiv gutAQVAH CA/M

275 equiv gutAQVAH CA/H

C silver wound "F" type

28,00 260 equiv gutAQVAH CF/L

270 equiv gutAQVAH CF/M

275 equiv gutAQVAH CF/H

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- CELLO -(v.l. = 68 cm) // Gut string length: 120 cm. Length of wound 3rd and 4th: l = 120 cm

net / Brut Light Medium Heavy

a high twist gut see price list 112 116 120

a Venice V type see price list 112 V 116 V 120 V

d high twist gut see price list 150 155 160

d Venice V type see price list 150 V 155 V 160 V

G silvered copper wound A type 28,-- / 33,32 AQCE GA/L AQCE GA/M AQCE GA/H

G silver wound F type 36,-- / 42,84 AQCE GF/L AQCE GF/M AQCE GF/H

C silvered copper wound A type 33,-- / 39,27 AQCE CA/L AQCE CA/M AQCE CA/H

C silver wound F type 42,-- / 49,98 AQCE CF/L AQCE CF/M AQCE CF/H

BAROQUE CELLO -- Gut string length: 120 cm.These sets were conceived bearing in mind the current string diameters strandards




G high twist gut * see price list 200 210 220


28.00 240 equiv gutAQCEB GA/L

250 equiv gutAQCEB GA/M

260 equiv gutAQCEB GA/H

G silver wound "F" type 36.00 240 equiv gutAQCEB GF/L

250 equiv gutAQCEB GF/M

260 equiv gutAQCEB GF/H


33.00 360 equiv gutAQCEB CA/L

380 equiv gutAQCEB CA/M

390 equiv gutAQCEB CA/H

C silver wound "F" type 42.00 360 equiv gutAQCEB CF/L

380 equiv gutAQCEB CF/M

390 equiv gutAQCEB CF/H

for repertoires before 1720 ca. Only

Cello historical string sets (gauges developed according to historical sources) -

Suggested diameters represent a mean value as inferred from historic sources from the 17th and 18th centuries.

We strongly suggest here the use of the half rectified gut strings: the surface of these strings is only partly rectified, imitating the manual polishing techique of the time.With this method the amount of fibers damaged by the abrasive action is noticeably reduced as compared with strings rectified with modern procedures. The advantages are: better stability against climatic changes, longer playing life and better acoustic performance. The overspun 3rd and 4th strings are made according to common17th and 18th centuries string making criteria.

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TYPE EUR Light Medium Heavy




26,00 245 equiv gutAQCEH GF/l

255 equiv gutAQCEH GF/H

275 equiv gutAQCEH GF/H

G silver wound "F" type 36,00 245 equiv gutAQCEH GA/L

255 equiv gutAQCEH GA/M

275 equiv gutAQCEH GA/H


33,00 365 equiv gutAQCEH CA/L

375 equiv gutAQCEH CA/M

410 equiv gutAQCEH CA/H

C silver wound "F" type 46,00 365 equiv gutAQCEH CF/L

375 equiv gutAQCEH CF/M

410 equiv gutAQCEH CF/H

VIOLONCELLO DA SPALLA - Gut string length: 120 cm.

EUR medium Heavy

e high twist gut see price list 100 104

a high twist gut see price list 128 136

d Double silver wound "F" type 25,00 190 equiv gutAQCES DF/M

205 equiv gutAQCES DF/H

G Double silver wound "F" type 32,00 280 equiv gutAQCES GF/M

305 equiv gut AQCES GF/H

C Double silver wound "F" type 35,00 430 equiv gutAQCES CF/M

455 equiv gutAQCES CF/H

- VIOLA D'AMORE - Gut string length: 120 cm.

EUR Medium Heavy

d'' high twist gut see price list 60 64

a' high twist gut see price list 76 79

f#' high twist gut see price list 91 97

d high twist gut see price list 108 120

a silvered copper wound "A" type 16.00 145 equiv gutAQDAM A-A/M

150 equiv gutAQDAM A-A/H

a silver wound "F" type 23.00 145 equiv gutAQDAM AF/M

150 equiv gutAQDAM AF/H

D silvered copper wound "A" type 20.00 210 equiv gutAQDAM DA/M

220 equiv gutAQDAM DA/H

D silver wound "F" type 28.00 210 equiv gutAQDAM DF/M

220 equiv gutAQDAM DF/H

A silvered copper wound "A" type 28.00 280 equiv gutAQDAM AA/M

295 equiv gutAQDAM AA/H

A silver wound "F" type 32.00 280 equiv gutAQDAM AAF/M

295 equiv gutAQDAM AAF/H

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- DOUBLE BASS -(v.l. = 105 cm) -- Gut string length: 200 cm.


G high twist gut see price list 220 230 240

D high twist gut see price list 300 310 320

D Venice "V" type see price list 300 V 320 V 340 V

AA high twist gut see price list 400 420 440

AA Venice "V" type see price list 400 V 440 V 460 V

AA silvered copper wound "A" type

73.00 400 equiv gut AQDB AA/L

420 equiv gut AQDB AA/M

460 equiv gut AQDB AA/H

AA silver wound "F" type

92.00 400 equiv gut AQDB AF/L

420 equiv gut AQDB AF/M

460 equiv gut AQDB AF/H

EE silvered copper wound "A" type

100.00 540 equiv gut AQDB EA/L

580 equiv gut AQDB EA/M

620 equiv gut AQDB EA/H

EE silver wound "F" type

118.00 540 equiv gut AQDB EF/L

580 equiv gut AQDB EF/M

620 equiv gut AQDB EF/H

CC: on request only.

silvered copper wound "A" type

130.00 680 equiv gut AQDB CA/L

730 equiv gut AQDB CA/M

780 equiv gut AQDB CA/H

CC: on request only.

silver wound "F" type

140.00 680 equiv gut AQDB CF/L

730 equiv gut AQDB CF/M

780 equiv gut AQDB CF/H

DD: on request only.

silvered copper wound "A" type

130.00 680 equiv gut AQDB DA/L

730 equiv gut AQDB DA/M

780 equiv gut AQDB DA/H

DD: on request only.

silver wound "F" type

140.00 680 equiv gut AQDB DF/L

730 equiv gut AQDB DF/M

780 equiv gut AQDB DF/H

- DOUBLEBASS Viennese tuning - Gut string length: 180 cm.

EUR Light Medium

A high twist gut see price list 200 210

E high twist gut see price list 260 280

E Venice "V" type see price list 280 V 320 V

H silvered copper wound "A" type 68.00 345 equiv gutAQDBV HA/L

370 equiv gutAQDBV HA/M

H silver wound "F" type 86.00 345 equiv gutAQDBV HF/L

370 equiv gut AQDBV HA/M

FF# silvered copper wound "A" type 93.00 460 equiv gutAQDBV FA/L

495 equiv gut AQDBV FA/M

FF# silver wound "F" type 100.00 460 equiv gutAQDBV FF/L

495 equiv gutAQDBV FF/M

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- PARDESSUS -v.l. = 32 cm) // Gut string length: 120 cm. -- Length of wound strings l = 70 cm

net / Brut Medium Heavyg low twist gut see price list 2X 42 44

d high twist gut see price list 2X 54 56

a high twist gut see price list 2X 70 73

f high twist gut see price list 2X 85 88

c Venice V type see price list 2X 116 120

c open wound AD type 16,-- / 19,04 120 equiv gutAQPA CA/M

128 equiv gutAQPA CA/H

c open wound FD type 22,-- / 26,18 120 equiv gutAQPA CF/M

128 equiv gutAQPA CF/H

G silvered copper wound A type 16,-- / 19,04 160 equiv gutAQPA GA/M

165 equiv gutAQPA GA/H

G silver wound F type 22,-- / 26,18 160 equiv gutAQPA GF/M

165 equiv gutAQPA GF/H

- TREBLE -(v.l. = 36 cm) // Gut string length: 120 cm. -- Length of wound strings l = 70 cm.

net / Brut Medium Heavyd high twist gut see price list 56 60



e Venice V type see price list 100V 104V

c high twist gut see price list 116 124

c Venice V type see price list 120V 128V

c loaded C type see price list 120C 132C

G loaded C type see price list 160C 170C

G silvered copper wound A type 16,-- / 19,04 150 equiv gutAQDI GA/M

160 equiv gutAQDI GA/H

G silver wound F type 22,-- / 26,18 150 equiv gutAQDI GF/M

160 equiv gutAQDI GF/H

D silvered copper wound A type 16,-- / 19,04 210 equiv gutAQDI DA/M

220 equiv gutAQDI DA/H

D loaded C type see price list 210C 220C

D silver wound F type 22,-- / 26,18 210 equiv gutAQDI DF/M

220 equiv gutAQDI DF/H

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- TENOR -(v.l. = 55 cm) // Gut string length: 120 cm.

net / Brut Medium Heavyg high twist gut see price list 60 64



a Venice V type see price list 104V 112V

f high twist gut see price list 128 136

f Venice V type see price list 132V 140V

C Venice V type see price list 180V 190V

C Venice C type, loaded see price list 180C 190C

C silvered copper wound A type 28,-- / 33,32 170 equiv gutAQTG CA/M

180 equiv gutAQTG CA/H

C silver wound F type 33,-- / 39,27 170 equiv gutAQTG CF/M

180 equiv gutAQTG CF/H

G Venice V type see price list 260 V 280 V

G Venice C type, loaded see price list 270C 280C

G silvered copper wound A type 29,-- / 34,51 240 equiv gutAQTG GA/M

260 equiv gutAQTG GA/H

G silver wound F type 33,-- / 39,27 240 equiv gutAQTG GF/M

260 equiv gutAQTG GF/H

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- VIOLONE - (v.l. = 90 cm) // Gut string length: 180 cm.

net / Brut Medium Heavyd high twist gut see price list 140 145


A Venice V type see price list 180V 190V

E high twist gut see price list 230 240

E Venice V type see price list 240V 260V

C silvered copper wound A type 60,-- / 71,40 300 equiv gutAQVO CA/M

320 equiv gutAQVO CA/H

C silver wound F type 70,-- / 83,30 300 equiv gutAQVO CF/M

320 equiv gutAQVO CF/H

G silvered copper wound A type 67,-- / 79,73 420 equiv gutAQVO GA/M

440 equiv gutAQVO GA/H

G silver wound F type 88,-- / 104,72 420 equiv gutAQVO GF/M

440 equiv gutAQVO GF/H

D silvered copper wound A type 100,-- / 119,-- 540 equiv gutAQVO DA/M

580 equiv gutAQVO DA/H

D silver wound F type 115,-- / 136,85 540 equiv gutAQVO DF/M

580 equiv gut AQVO DF/H

- VIOLONE in G - Gut string length: 180 cm. (v.l. = 85 cm)

EUR Medium Heavy

g high twist gut see price list 104 108


d Venice "V" type see price list 136 V 145 V


A Venice "V" type see price list 180 V 200 V

F high twist gut see price list 220 240

F Venice "V" type see price list 240 V 260 V

C silvered copper wound "A" type 60.00 320 equiv gutAQVOG CA/M

330 equiv gutAQVOG CA/H

C silver wound "F" type 70.00 320 equiv gutAQVOG CF/M

330 equiv gutAQVOG CF/H

GG silvered copper wound "A" type 67.00 420 equiv gutAQVOG GA/M

430 equiv gutAQVOG GA/H

GG silver wound "F" type 88.00 420 equiv gutAQVOG GF/M

430 equiv guAQVOG GF/H

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- BAROQUE AND RENAISSANCE BASS VIOL - - RENAISSANCE BASS VIOL - Gut string length: 120 cm.

EUR Medium Heavy




e Venice "V" type see price list 124 V 128 V


c Venice "V" type see price list 155 V 160 V

G loaded gut "C" type see price list 220 C 240 C

G Venice "V" type see price list 220 V 240 V

G silvered copper wound "A" type 28.00 210 equiv gutAQBGR GA/M

220 equiv gutAQBGR GA/H

G silver wound "F" type 33.00 210 equiv gutAQBGR GF/M

220 equiv gutAQBGR GF/H

D loaded gut "C" type see price list 280 C 300 C

D Venice "V" type see price list 280 V 300 V

D silvered copper wound "A" type 28.00 270 equiv gutAQBGR DA/M

280 equiv gutAQBGR DA/H

D silver wound "F" type 37.00 270 equiv gutAQBGR DF/M

280 equiv gutAQBGR DF/H

BAROQUE BASS VIOL (6 or 7 strings - Gut string length: 120 cm.

EUR Medium Heavy





c open wound "AD" type 28.00 160 equiv gutAQBG CA/M

165 equiv gutAQBG CA/H

c open wound "FD" type 33.00 160 equiv gutAQBG CF/M

165 equiv gutAQBG CF/H

G silvered copper wound "A" type 28.00 200 equiv gutAQBG GA/M

210 equiv gutAQBG GA/H

G silver wound "F" type 33.00 200 equiv gutAQBG GF/M

210 equiv gutAQBG GF/H

D silvered copper wound "A" type 30.00 270 equiv gutAQBG DA/M

280 equiv gutAQBG DA/H

D silver wound "F" type 37.00 270 equiv gutAQBG DF/M

280 equiv gutAQBG DF/H

AA silvered copper wound "A" type 31.00 360 equiv gutAQBG AA/M

370 equiv gutAQBG AA/H

AA silver wound "F" type 40.00 360 equiv gutAQBG AF/M

370 equiv guAQBG AF/H

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- CLASSICAL GUITAR SETS -

INTRODUCTION

Until the mid-20th century the top three strings of the guitar were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance of timbre very different, in other words, from modern nylon strings. And until recently the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for lute-makers, composers and performers alike. A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut but without its typical defects (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the

one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century masters; and guaranteeing, on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gut and nylon strings.

Please notice !Just like gut, Nylgut is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth. You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).

-The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.

Note Perla Perla Alabastro Alabastro Alchemia Alchemia Ambra/Gut&Silk

sup norm norm sup sup norm

mi 8,3 KG 7,8 Kg 8,0 Kg 8,6 Kg 8,6 Kg 8,0 Kg 8,6 Kg

si 6,2 Kg 5,9 Kg 6,8 Kg 7,2 Kg 7,2 Kg 6,8 Kg 7,6 Kg

sol 5,9 Kg 5,6 Kg 6.0 Kg 6,4 Kg 6,4 Kg 6.0 Kg 6,7 Kg

RE 7,8 Kg 7,4 Kg 7,4 Kg 7,8 Kg 7,8 Kg 7,4 Kg 6,0 Kg

LA 7,7 Kg 8,5 Kg 7,7 Kg 8,1 Kg 8,1 Kg 7,7 Kg 7,7 Kg

MI 7,2 Kg 6,6 Kg 6,9 Kg 7,5 Kg 7,5 Kg 6,9 Kg 7,5 Kg

ALCHEMIA

Set with two degrees of tension. The first three strings use monofilaments of rounded, pol-ished Nylgut synthetic gut. Its features include promptness of attack, acoustic projection, excellent timbre and a truly remarkable stability of intonation, not to mention an admirable evenness of tone with the wound basses. The basses have a multifilament core in a ma-terial of new conception (Nylgut multifilament), specially wound with pure silver, that boasts high resistance to tensile stress and stability under varying climatic conditions. Us-ing pure silver ensures the highest possible response in terms of timbre and volume, lower interference from finger noise and durability above the norm. The wound strings have also been designed according to the principle again absolutely new of progressively in-creasing the dynamic performance of the bass register to compensate for the human ears natural tendency to perceive lower frequencies less audibly.

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alchemia single strings (normal and superior tension)

alchemia set (normal and superior tension) 24.80 e 2.60

alchemia basses (normal and superior tension): 18.00 h 2.70

alchemia trebles (normal and superior tension): 7.70 g 3.10

D 5.80

A 6.10

E 6.30

PERLA

Traditional set with two degrees of tension presenting high overall levels of performance. The first three strings are made of perfectly rounded, smooth, gauged nylon monofilament that also boasts excellent acoustic and mechanical properties. The basses, wound with silver-plated copper, consist of a core of Nylgut multifilament that ensures not only a high resistance to tensile stress but also a low absorption of both atmospheric humidity and sweat. This makes for rapid and stable intonation, as well as greater durability. Suitable for the highest quality guitars.

- Perla single strings (normal and superior tension):

Perla set (normal and superior tension) 11.90 e 1.40

Perla basses (normal and superior tension) 8.30 h 1.40

Perla trebles (normal and superior tension) 4.10 g 1.60

D 2.90

A 3.00

E 3.10

ALABASTROSet with two degrees of tension. The first three strings use monofilaments of rounded, polished Nylgut "synthetic gut". Its features include promptness of attack, acoustic projection, excellent timbre and a truly remarkable stability of intonation, not to mention an admirable evenness of tone with the overspun basses.

The basses, overspun with silver-plated copper, consist of a core of Nylgut multifilament that ensures not only a high resistance to tensile stress but also a low absorption of both atmospheric humidity and sweat. This makes for rapid and stable intonation, as well as greater durability.

sets - alabastro single strings (normal and superior tension):

alabastro set (normal and superior tension) 12.50 e 1.80

alabastro basses (normal and superior tension) 8.50 h 1.90

alabastro trebles (normal and superior tension) 5.50 g 2.20

D 3.00

A 3.20

E 3.30

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- 19th CENTURY GUITAR SETS -All Aquila strings are entirely hand-made

GUT & SILK SET (1880-1946 performances) -

Up to the middle of the 20th century, the only available strings for guitar were plain gut for the trebles and wound on silk core for the basses. Their acoustical performance was quite different from that of modern stringings. The salient characteristics were a marked timbric presence, response and brightness typical of the thinner gut strings (certainly superior to plain nylon and in some respects closer to PVDF or carbon) while the basses, on the other hand, possessed an exquisitely vocal quality, i.e. not so bright as, and with less sustain than, modern wound on nylon strings and more fundamental heavy. The Treble tension- profile is not true scaling (like in use in all of the modern guitar's sets): it is just ligthly scaling, like the standard of that time.This set which is made with only one degree, of tension, riproposes excatly a historical assembling, tipycal of the period of Llobet and Trrega by using oily gut for trebles and wound basses, silver-copper covered on silk, as it was said by Pujol in the "Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra" of 1934.

Please notice !Gut is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth. You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).

-The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.

sets single strings:romantic guitar gut& silk set 35.00 e 5.70

silk-basses 17.00 h 6.80

gut -trebles 20.00 g 8.60

D 5.50

A 6.00

E 6.60

AMBRA - Romantic guitar Nylgut set(The syntetic version of the 'Gut & Silk' set)-Up to the middle of the 20th century, the only available strings for guitar were plain gut for the trebles and wound on silk core for the basses: their acoustical performance was quite different from that of modern stringings. The salient characteristics were: a marked timbric presence, response and brightness typical of the gut strings (certainly superior to plain nylon and in some respects closer to

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PVDF or carbon) while the basses, on the other hand, possessed an exquisitely vocal quality, i.e. not so bright as, and with less sustain than, modern wound on nylon strings and more fundamental heavy.Our Ambra set was developed keeping in mind this historical fact, in order to best re-create, by means of modern synthetic materials, the sound of Llobet and Trrega. This set was conceived for one grade of tension and cosists of Nylgut - true synthetic gut, we are tempted to say - for the trebles, adopting the representative mean diameters as indicated by Pujol in his "Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra" from 1934 (less scaling tension than the modern gyuitar trebles), while for the basses (silvered copper wires wound on Nylgut multifilament core) we tried to find the right balance between wire and core, which would recreate exactly the typical sound of the wound silk strings of the time.

- ambra single strings:

ambra set 13.50 e 1.90

ambra basses 9.00 h 1.90

ambra trebles 5.50 g 2.20

D 3.10

A 3.30

E 3.40

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- UKULELE STRINGS -INTRODUCTION Until the mid-20th century Ukuleles were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance of timbre - very different, in other words, from modern nylon strings. And until recently the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for luthiers, composers and performers alike. A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut - but without its typical defects - (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century Uke masters; and guaranteeing, on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gut and nylon strings.

Please notice! Just like gut, Nylgut is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth. You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).

The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.

Genuine gut uke strings!

For centuries, all natural gut strings were the only choice available to musicians. With modern production capabilities and the advent of nylon/plastic, came a longer lasting, more consistent string that was also more impervious to climate and humidity changes; HOWEVER, as it is with many modern "improvements" something was lost. The feel and action of true gut strings can't be matched. And to some, the authentic, traditional tone produced by gut strings can't be replaced either.

Made from multiple strands of real animal (not cat) intestines, gut strings are the result of a slow, painstaking process that requires a relentless attention to detail. We at Aquila pursues the ways of Italy's past to bring us the finest gut strings available today. These strings also make an excellent choice for your vintage instruments.

Item No Netto / brutto Soprano SetsAQ UKU SD1 SOPRANO REGULAR TUNING, 12,80 / 15,23

Key of D (all gut strings) C, G E, A

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-Nylgut Ukulele Strings -

Item No Netto / brutto Soprano SetsAQ UKU S1 SOPRANO REGULAR TUNING, 6,80 / 7,89

Key of D (all Nylgut strings) A, D, F#, BAQ UKU S2 SOPRANO LOW-G TUNING, 7,20 / 8,35

key of D (1 wound string) A, D, F#, BAQ UKU S3 SOPRANO REGULAR TUNING, 6,80 / 7,89

key of C (all Nylgut strings) G, C, E, AAQ UKU S4 SOPRANO LOW-G TUNING, 7,20 / 8,35

key of C (1 wound string) G, C, E, ADifferent Soprano SetsAQ UKU S5 SOPRANO LOW-G TUNING, 7,20 / 8,35

key of C (1 wound string) G, D; A, EAQ UKU S5-G SINGLE PACKED G STRING WOUND 2,30 / 2,74 Concert setsAQ UKU C1 CONCERT REGULAR TUNING, Key of C: 6,80 / 7,89

(all Nylgut strings) G, C, E, AAQ UKU C2 CONCERT LOW-G TUNING, 7,20 / 8,35

key of C (1 wound string) G, C, E, AAQ UKU C3 CONCERT LOW-G TUNING, 7,90 / 9,40

key of C (2 wound strings) G, C, E, ADifferent concert setsAQ UKU C4 CONCERT FIFTHS TUNING ( 2 wound strings ) 7,90 / 9,40

C, G, D, A like viola da braccioAQ UKU C4-C SINGLE PACKED C STRING WOUND 2,30 / 2,74 AQ UKU C4-G SINGLE PACKED G STRING WOUND 2,30 / 2,74

Tenor setsAQ UKU T1 TENOR REGULAR TUNING, 6,80 / 7,89

Key of C (all Nylgut strings) G, C, E, AAQ UKU T2 TENOR REGULAR TUNING, 7,20 / 8,35

key of C (1 wound string) G, C, E, AAQ UKU T3 TENOR LOW-G TUNING, key of C 7,20 / 8,35

(1 wound string) G, C, E, A

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AQ UKU T4 TENOR LOW-G TUNING, key of C 7,60 / 8,82 (2 wound strings ) G, C, E, A

AQ UKU T4-G SINGLE PACKED G STRING WOUND 2,40 / 2,86 AQ UKU T4-C SINGLE PACKED C STRING WOUND 2,40 / 2,86

Different Tenor setsAQ UKU T5 TENOR FIFTHS TUNING CGDA 7,90 / 9,40

(2 wound strings) like viola da braccioAQ UKU T5-C Single packaged 4th G Tenor wound string 2,40 / 2,86 AQ UKU T5-G Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,40 / 2,86 AQ UKU T6 TENOR EBGD, High D Tuning 7,20 / 8,35

(1 wound string) D, G, B, EAQ UKU T6-G Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,30 / 2,74

AQ UKU T7 TENOR 6 strings, Key of C, 1 wound string (LILI'U) 8,80 / 10,21 AQ UKU T7-A Single packaged 1st A Tenor wound string 2,30 / 2,74 AQ UKU T8 TENOR 8 strings, Key of C, 1 wound string (LILI'U) 9,80 / 11,37 AQ UKU T8-G Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,40 / 2,86

Baritone setsAQ UKU B1 BARITONE 4 strings, GCEA Tuning 6,80 / 7,89

(all Nylgut strings)AQ UKU B2 BARITONE 4 strings, D, G, B, E Tuning, 7,90 / 9,16

2 wound strings, key of GAQ UKU B2-G Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98 AQ UKU B2-D Single packaged 4th Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98

Different Baritone setsAQ UKU B3 BARITONE 6 strings (2 wound strings) - DGBE 11,-- / 12,76 AQ UKU B3-G Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98 AQ UKU B3-D Single packaged 4th Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98 AQ UKU B4 BARITONE 8 strings (2 wound strings) - DGBE 13,60 / 15,08 AQ UKU B4-G Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98 AQ UKU B4-D Single packaged 4th Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98

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Banjo Ukulele setsAQ UKU BU1 BANJO UKULELE, Key of C G, C, E, A 7,20 / 9,35

(1 wound string) AQ UKU BU2 BANJO UKULELE, Key of C 7,60 / 8,82

(all Nylgut strings) G, C, E, AAQ UKU BU2-C Single packaged 3rd Tenor wound string 2,50 / 2,98 AQ UKU BU3 BANJO UKULELE, gut strings Key of C 12,-- / 14,28

(all genuine gut strings) G, C, E, A

BanjoAQ BJ1 Nylgut classic 5-string Banjo set medium tension 8,90 / 10,59

DBGDG tuning ( 4th wound )AQ BJ1-B Single packaged 4th wound string 2,50 / 2,98 AQ BJ1-L Nylgut classic 5-string Banjo set light tension 8,90 / 10,59 AQ BJ1-BL Single packaged 4th wound string light 2,50 / 2,98 AQ BJ2 ALL Nylgut classic 5-string Banjo set medium 8,30 / 9,88

DBGDG tuning ( 4th wound )AQ BJ2-L ALL Nylgut classic 5-string Banjo set light 8,30 / 9,88

DBGDG tuning ( 4th wound ) lightAQ BJ4 Nylgut Minstrel Banjo strings 9,20 / 10,95 AQ BJ4-G Single packaged Minstrel Banjo string, 4th wound 2,60 / 3,09 AQ BJ5 ALL Nylgut 5-string MEDIUM TENSION 9,20 / 10,95

D, B, G, D, G Tuning

Until the 1950s, only gut cords were used for the Charango, Ronroco Timple canario and

the Cuatro, in which the quickness of the answer was joined with the brilliance of the

tones, being the sound very different with respect from the present nylon cords.

Our investigative work has always had the objective to make an artificial cord that had the

same acoustic properties of the gut cords, without its typical defects (short life time, high

prices, excessive sensitivity to the atmospheric variations).

With Nylgut we have been able to eliminate these defects, reproducing the original

sound and tones of the Charango, Ronroco and Cuatro and at the same time guaranteeing

an excellent tuning stability, with respect to which it can be produced with the best Nylon

cords.

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- CHARANGO, CUATRO, RONROCO, TIMPLE CANARIO -

Cuerdas de Nylgut.

Hasta la mitad del siglo XX para el Charango, Ronroco, Cuatro, Timple Canario se utiliza-ron solo cuerdas de tripa, en las que la rapidez en la respuesta se juntaba con la brillantez en los matices, siendo la sonoridad muy diferente respeto a las actuales cuerdas de nylon.

Nuestro trabajo de investigacin ha tenido siempre como objetivo lograr realizar una cuerda artificial que tuviera las mismas propiedades acsticas de las cuerdas de tripa, sin sus tpicos defectos (escasa duracin, altos precios, excesiva sensibilidad a las variaciones atmosfricas).

Con Nylgut hemos conseguido eliminar estos defectos, logrando reproducir el timbre y los matices originarios del Charango, Ronroco, Cuatro, Timple Canario, garantizando al mismo tiempo una excelente estabilidad de la intonacin, superior respeto a la que puede producirse con las mejores cuerdas de Nylon.

Atencin: antes de colocar las cuerdas comprobar que las ranuras de la cejuela superior no tengan excesiva profundidad y sean perfectamente lisas y sin asperidades o ngulos cortantes.

Para lograr al cabo de pocos minutos una perfecta estabilidad de la intonacin, se aconseja, en el tensar, estirar cada cuerda paralelamente a la tapa y a la altura de la boca. Suspender al notar que la cuerda cesa de alargarse.

Until the 1950s, only gut cords were used for the Charango, Ronroco Timple canario and the Cuatro, in which the quickness of the answer was joined with the brilliance of the tones, being the sound very different with respect from the present nylon cords.

Our investigative work has always had the objective to make an artificial cord that had the same acoustic properties of the gut cords, without its typical defects (short life time, high prices, excessive sensitivity to the atmospheric variations).

With Nylgut we have been able to eliminate these defects, reproducing the original sound and tones of the Charango, Ronroco and Cuatro and at the same time guaranteeing an excellent tuning stability, with respect to which it can be produced with the best Nylon cords.

Attention: before placing the cords verify that the grooves of the superior bridge does not have excessive depth and they are perfectly smooth and without sharp or cutting edges or angles.

In order to obtain after few minutes a perfect stability of the tuning, it is advised, while tightening, pull each cord parallel to the sound board around the sound hole. Stop pulling when you notice that the cord stops stretching.Charango ...AQ CHARA Aquila charango string set 8,00 / 9,52 AQ TIM Aquila Timple Canario string set 7,00 / 8,33 AQ RON Aquila Ronroco string set 9,00 /10,71 AQ CUAT Aquila cuatro string set 6,80 / 7,14

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- OUD SETS -INTRODUCTIONUntil the mid-20th century the top three strings of Ouds were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance of timbre - very different, in other words, from modern nylon strings. And until recently the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for Oud-makers, composers and performers alike.A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut - but without its typical defects - (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century Oud masters; and guaranteeing, on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gut and nylon strings. Please notice Just like gut, Nylgut is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth. You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).

The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.

Price for 11 string oud Set Turkish/Arabic: EUR 22.00 net / 26,18 brut

Turkish tuning set- types

All these types are made in standard tension (4.2 Kg average for each string= silvered copper wound strings) or in light tension (3.9 Kg average for each string. All the wound strings are of red copper)

1 st Type 2nd Type 3rd Type 4th Type

dd Nylgut string dd Nylgut string dd Nylgut string dd Nylgut string

aa Nylgut string aa Nylgut string aa Nylgut string aa Nylgut string

ee wound string ee wound string ee wound string ee wound string

BB wound string BB wound string BB wound string BB wound string

AA wound string F#F# wound string F#F# wound string AA wound string

EE wound string C#C# wound string EE wound string C#C# wound string

TURKISH OUD SINGLE PACKAGED STRINGS:dd Nylgut 2.30/2,74 (two strings)aa Nylgut 2.30/2,74 (two strings)ee Wound 5.70/6,78 (two strings)BB Wound 5.50/6,55 (two strings)AA or F#F# Wound 5.50/6,55 (two strings)E or C# Wound 3.003,57 (one single string)

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Arabic tuning set- types

All these types are made in standard tension (4.2 Kg average for each string= silvered copper wound strings) or in light tension (3.9 Kg average for each string. All the wound strings are red copper)

1 st Type 2nd Type 3rd Type 4th Type

cc Nylgut string cc Nylgut string cc Nylgut string cc Nylgut string

gg Nylgut string gg Nylgut string gg Nylgut string gg Nylgut string

dd wound string dd wound string dd wound string dd wound string

AA wound string AA wound string AA wound string AA wound string

FF wound string FF wound string GG wound string GG wound string

CC wound string DD wound string CC wound string DD wound string

ARABIC OUD SINGLE PACKAGED STRINGS (standard or light tensions):cc Nylgut 2.30 / 2,74 (two strings)gg Nylgut 2.30 / 2,74 (two strings)dd Wound 5.70 / 6,78 (two strings)AA Wound 5.50 / 6,55 (two strings)FF and GG Wound 5.50 / 6,55 (two strings)C and D Wound 3.00 / 3,57 (one single string)ff Nylgut 2.30 / 2,74 (two strings)

Different arabic Aquila oud sets (standard or light tension):

Set of: 1 ff, 2 cc, 3 gg, 4 dd, 5 aa + 6 FF, 7 C (or 6 FF, 7 D) (or 6 GG, 7C) (or 6 GG, 7 D) = 20,33Set of: 1 ff, 2 cc, gg, 4 dd, 5 aa + 6 F (or 7 G) = 16,66

Furthermore a plain d string is available and a wound string for C instead of an A in silverwound.

All available sets may be found in the string shop with the detailed informations.

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- JAZZ DOUBLEBASS STRINGS -- JAZZ DOUBLEBASS GUT SETS -

Gut strings were already produced in Padoa, Verona, Venice, Treviso and Vicenza since the beginning of the 17th century. Documents of the time show that such production lasted uninterruptedly well into the mid 20th century. Locally produced strings, thanks to their superior quality, were exported abroad in big quantity, as proven by numerous recently discovered archival sources. Our products are wholly produced in house in Vicenza (a town 60 Km far from Venice), to individual requirements, beginning from fresh gut, respecting and reviving the old italian tradition.

The scope of our work, supported by constant research and painstaking experimentation, is to offer natural gut strings produced by modern craftsmen working in the 19 and 20th Italian/French string-makers manufacturing criteria that for centuries has been passed on from one generation to the next, sure to offer you the very best of our tradition and aiming to reach the magic of sound that only gut, of all materials, can achieve.

- SINGLE PACKAGED STRING PRICES - EUR Light Medium

G high twist gut see price list 210 230 D high twist gut see price list 280 300AA high twist gut see price list 400 420 AA silvered copper wound "A" type 73.00 Light Medium AA silver wound "F" type 92.00 Light Medium EE silvered copper wound "A" type 100.00 Light Medium EE silver wound "F" type 118.00 Light Medium

FULL SET PRICE (Basses: 'F' type pure silver) 275.00 (20 % discount already enclose)

FULL SET PRICE (Basses: 'A' type silvered copper) 246.00 (20 % discount already enclose)

not all gut strings are alike: the difference is made by the respect to the manufacturing processes followed for centuries by the stringmaking masters.

NEW!! - 'THUNDER' SET (SINTETIC NYLGUT SET) -

Until the mid of the 20th century the top two (sometime three) upper Doublebass strings were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years.. A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut - but without its typical defects (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century doublebass's Jazz masters.

The four strings of our Thunder set, overspun with silver-plated copper, consists of a core of Nylgut multifilament that ensures not only a high resistance to tensile stress but also a low absorption of both atmospheric humidity and sweat. This makes for rapid and stable intonation, as well as greater durability.

- THUNDER'S SINGLE PACKAGED STRING PRICESG wound on nylgut core EUR 28.00D wound on nylgut core EUR 36.00AA wound on nylgut core EUR 49.00EE wound on nylgut core EUR 57.00THUNDER'S WHOLE SET: EUR 160.00 + VAT (no discount applied)

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Conditions of delivery and paymentall prices are given in EURO ( ) !

The delivery of all strings to abroad will be done after a prepayment to the down given banc account or immediately after transmitting the credit card informations ( owner, number, valid until ). The minimun ware value should be 80,- .The given prices are brotto for a delivery within the european community and nett for outsite delivery ( in this case the client will pay the taxes while receivung the delivery ).Shipping will go to the risk of the customer, but will be done always by a registerd letter with an insurance. To the string prices you have to add the costs for shipping. Reclamations can only be accepted within 10 days.

delivery times:

Orders will be worked normally on the day they receive me.All Savarez strings, Aquila Nylgut and Aquila gut strings up to diameters of 2mm will always be on a good stock. Krschner, Pyramid and Pirastro strings can be delivered during 10 days. Special strings from Aquila may have a longer delivery timpe up to 2 month.

long strings :

Long Nylon strings from Savarez are available only in 2m. Savarez-gut strings longerthan 1,20 m are available only starting from diameter BRH / BRV 160.

The following discounts can be given for payment with credit cards:ware value > 400 2 %ware value > 600 3 %ware value < 50,-- add 4,--

strings cannot be taken back!

shipping ( port, packing, insurance) germany europe world world air mail

50 - 100 Gramm 3,-- 5,30 4,-- 6,70100 - 500 Gramm ( ~ 40 strings)

3,-- 8,71 6,-- 12,--

500 1.000 gramm 4,-- 8,71 8,-- 14,701.000 2.000 gramm 16,-- 26,--UPS ( 1 day guaranteed ) 55,-- 85,--

DHL ( 1 4 days ) 45,-- to 56,-- 56,-- to 86,--

shipping times: germany 1-2 days europe 3-4 daysUSA 10-14 days

banc account: IBAN - Code: DE50683518650007524358SWIFT SOLADES1MGL via SOLADESTSparkasse Markgraeflerland

Foreign payment can be done by a banc prepayment or by VISA or Mastercard / Eurocard. Please send your dates only by fax or within a letter. Never do this by e-mail!

All earlier catalogues will loose their validity! Errors excepted!Badenweiler 1.2.2009

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