Pirastro Eudoxa Violin String, D
By Pirastro
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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.
We do not recommend the use of fine tuners with these strings as they require more regular tuning than synthetic or metal cored strings. Aluminium on natural gut. 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.
SHIPPED COILED IN STRING PACKETS - for straight strings see our separate listings for Straight Pirastro Strings
Please note. This string does NOT have a ball end and is not suitable for use in a fine tuner. Please ensure this product meets your requirements prior to purchase.
Specifications
- Aluminium wound on natural gut, knot end
- Supplied in packets as standard.
- 1 PM = 0.05mm in diameter. e.g 14PM = 0.7mm diameter.
- Made in Germany
Customer reviews:
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Grade 8+
Lovely sound; fiddly to find correct bow pressure
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Pros: The sound is wonderfully warm! Intonation is very forgiving and it feels comfortable under the left hand fingers due to its lower tension. Colour range is fantastic and it blends well with the other strings - not as nasal as my previous D. Remarkably stable tuning-wise for a gut string. It's an excellent string for orchestral and chamber music.
Cons: If pushed too much the sound becomes scratchy but one has to apply enough pressure so that the string actually speaks properly - this balance can be tricky to find and it took longer to find with the D than the G string. It does not project as much as synthetic strings either so is less appropriate for solo performance but it will work in the right acoustic with the right technique.
Teacher
I always return to Eudoxa
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Pros: Beautiful warm tone on my violin. I’ve played on them for over 50 years, and although I’ve tried most of the modern strings I always return to the Eudoxa strings. I just prefer the slower response time and more rounded tone colours
Cons: None
Keen Amateur
Eudoxa strings are excellent
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Pros: I have used Pirastro Eudoxa strings on my violin for over 50 years, having gone through early years with Dominant, Thomastik, and the Pirastro Gold label. The Eudoxa strings seem to suit my violin and, apart for the well-known short life of the A string (a string lasts me about a year), I find them excellent. I should say that the fitting advice from the String Zone, enclosed with each delivery, is spot on, and should be followed by all players.
Cons: None
Beginner
Grade 8+
Personal experience - covered gut violin strings
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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: all covered in 'pro' comments above
Other: all covered in 'pro' comments above
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