Pirastro Eudoxa Violin String, A
By Pirastro
VAT removed at checkout for non UK orders
Purchase options
|
Medium tension (13.75PM)
14
in stock
|
£25.09 | |
|
Low tension (13.5PM)
3
in stock
|
£25.10 | |
|
Extra low tension (13.25PM)
2
in stock
|
£25.10 | |
|
High tension (14PM)
2
in stock
|
£25.10 |
* All strings are ball end, unless otherwise specified.
Description
Pirastro Eudoxa is probably the world's best known violin string and has been a staple of many players over the last 60 years. It is a traditional covered gut string. Aluminium on gut. Nowadays these strings appeal mainly to players who value the unique tonal properties and playing feel of a traditional gut cored string and are prepared to accept the need for more regular tuning and their sensitivity to changes in climatic conditions.
The sheep gut core of Eudoxa strings is manufactured, wound and polished in the traditional way, by hand. Well balanced warm tone with a great diversity of sound. Low string tension and a comfortable left hand feeling ideal for orchestra, chamber music and studio takes.
The Eudoxa A features a ball end for a more secure anchorage in a traditional wooden tailpiece. We do not recommend the use of fine tuners with these strings as they require more regular tuning than synthetic or metal cored strings.
SHIPPED COILED IN STRING PACKETS - for straight strings see our separate listings for Straight Pirastro Strings
Gut cored Pirastro string. Please note that these strings are very delicate and have a shorter and unpredictable life span compared to other strings. We do not recommend their use by beginners or that they be fitted to instruments not set up by trained and experienced craftsmen.
Specifications
- Aluminium wound on natural gut, ball end.
- 1 PM=0.05mm in diameter. e.g 14PM = 0.7mm diameter.
- 3% difference in tension for each gauge.
- Made in Germany
Customer reviews:
19
2
2
2
Grade 8+
Experience of covered gut violin strings
10
out of
11
found the following review helpful
Pros: If you like the tone quality of gut strings then an aluminium wound string is a comfortable and long lasting variation. Pirastro Eudoxa are very well made and reliable. Available in various weights for all three lower strings - you will have to experiment to find, for each of the three, the one that suits your violin, its set up and your playing (and your ear), but once you know this then the Eudoxa make gives very consistent strings over the long term (decades in my case). Be aware however that gut string are sensitive to moisture and temperature even when finely aluminium wound as these ones are. The sound will vary in different conditions - and moisture in your fingers will also cause some change. Dry and cool circumstances tend to harden the quality of sound; more humid and warmer conditions can be very rewarding. Also remember that as the core is gut - they will eventually break with use - not dramatically so as the winding controls the moment. Usually a break occurs in the case and after quite some usage. I have never had a new or relatively new string break. You are paying for and receiving a very high level of quality control and consistency with these new strings. However it is certainly advisable with gut string to also have a spare and although Stringzone have always given me an extremely fast and reliable service that is not really the answer when the string eventually lets go just before a concert. Finally, gut strings stretch so a new one will take a day or so to settle. I suppose the best prepared player would also keep in the case a part used spare which would ease this problem at important moments when performing. Stringzone's little leaflet on new string fitting and usage is worth reading on the correct tensioning up of new strings.
Cons: Covered in 'pros' above
Other: Covered in 'pros' above
Keen Amateur
It wakes up the whole Eudoxa set.
5
out of
5
found the following review helpful
Pros: Very good A. Responsive, beautiful sound. It brought life and loudness to the whole Eudoxa set. More stable than the lower G &D. The better A for the Eudoxa G & D (better than the Eudoxa Aricore, and better than steel A).
Cons: Nothing
Other: My original string choice was the Eudoxa Rigid G & D. Wonderful strings that I recommend very highly. In the beginning I put a steel A, based on negative comments about this gut A but I coulndn't get used to the break of tone between the A and the D, so I put an Eudoxa Aricore. It was a very good tone and matched well, but I found the whole set "weak" in power. I tried this Eudoxa (the original) and I was inmediatly convinced with it. It has more personality than any of the former A, good response and tone in high positions and, what was more surprising, it woke up the whole set, becoming louder and with more body. Now, I am completely convinced by an EUDOXA combination that includes this A: Rigid G Rigid D Eudoxa Aluminum A Gold Label E. It has volume, body, and a lot of presence. Warm and projecting.
Professional
Beginner
Teacher
High end string if ever there was one.
1
out of
1
found the following review helpful
Pros: Like all Eudoxa the A is a true gut string that provides a clear and rich to a quality to instruments, the older violins in particular seem to warm to this type of string. I have used the Eudoxa range for a good few years and I am constantly impressed by the dynamic and depth that this string brings to my instrument.
Cons: Not a string for the beginner nor one that will stay in tune the same way as a modern synthetic. Think about this before purchase.
Teacher
Keen Amateur
Professional
Grade 8+
Excellent strings
Pros: I have used the Eudoxa range of violin strings for many years. They seem to suit my instrument very well ( and maybe my playing style as well?). Using these strings has become rather easier since Pirastro changed their requirement for the three strings A,D and G to be kept straight until required for use. The tube in my violin case is now redundant.
Cons: Of the four violin strings (E,A,D,G), the A string has the shortest life. I have known other players who also find this. However, played as an amateur, the A string will usually last for over a year.
Keen Amateur
