Pirastro Violino Violin String, A
By Pirastro
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* All strings are ball end, unless otherwise specified.
Description
Aluminium on synthetic core. Low tension string. Violino strings are very easy to play, have a warm, smooth and round sound. They speak easily even at the lowest bow pressure.
Specifications
- Aluminium on synthetic core
- Made in Germany
Customer reviews:
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Grade 8+
Nice clean, warm sound
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Pros: I bought this to 'tame' a good modern violin which has a rather hard, over-prominent sound on the A string, somewhat improved by the luthier who experimented with the poisiiton of the sound post, but still not quite to my taste. The string does produce a clean, warm sound and it did help, so I am quite happy with it ; up till now - I have tried other strings - it has offered the best solution.
Cons: Nothing
Keen Amateur
Beginner
Liking this A string a lot
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3
found the following review helpful
Pros: I very much liked this string with its rich mellow tone. Although synthetic it minics some of the qualities of a gut core string. After a few days it grew even mellower. I used it with a set of Evah pirazzi gold and it has a much lower tension and is way softer on the fingers than the Evahs. On my violin it sounded nicer than the Evah A string and complimented the rest of my Evah set.
Cons: It takes quiete a while (2 weeks for me) to stretch and during that time needs ti be tuned a lot but well worth the extra effort.
Keen Amateur
Clear sound, plays quietly
Pros: I tried this set to 'tame' my powerful French violin. Problems had been a degree of scratchiness on the D and G in tremolando or other rapid bow changes and also tone disappearing completely at the extreme of ppp. They seem to help with no loss of tone quality or power.
Cons: None
Beginner
Keen Amateur
Unwound near the bridge ( for me at least)
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found the following review helpful
Pros: Mellow, relaxed sound. Feel nice under the fingers.
Cons: I bought a full set of Violinos. Put them on my electric violin to replace aging Obligatos and was immediately impressed. Unfortunately the original A string unwound near the bridge within a couple of months. I've never seen this before with Obligato, Eudoxa or Spirocore strings on this instrument. And even in this set, it was only the A. I emailed Pirastro about this and and, amazingly, they offered to send me a replacement string. Unfortunately this took a while to arrive so I bought one from here in the interim. And this string is starting to unwind about a centimetre from the bridge again within a couple of months. (And I haven't played much recently.) Maybe it's the way I play, maybe it's the ultra-thick bridge on my electric violin. But I won't be buying a Violino A again.
Beginner
Beginner
Keen Amateur
Keen Amateur
Perfect A for fiddling. Lighter touch.
Pros: Settled in quite quickly. Once settled, really easy and light fingering. Great for folk fiddling and a great match for my old French workshop fiddle which is deep and mellow. No more index finger callus!
Cons: The ball end struggled a bit with my fine tuners but that could equally be because they are new too.
Other: Great match with Violino D. Currently paired with Pirastro Aricore G and Aricore E. When it comes to next change I will go back to Lenzner Goldbrokat E and Pirastro Synoxa G as on my other modern violin. However, all balance very well. Just the Aricore E is a bit too thin and cheese-wirey.
