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Originally Posted by Ken Smith
Tension and thickness are not consistent for comparisons.
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Indeed. Because of the internal construction of a string, the thickness and type of outer wrap, and the amount of damping material added, there is not any direct correlation between a string's overall diameter and the tension required for pitch.
If anybody has the means, and would care to take the time and publish the findings, whether by direct observation with a tension scale, or by deduction knowing the weight of the speaking length of a string, to find out what the tension of any given Pirastro string is, I'd be interested, because they are known for not quoting or publishing their tensions beyond the traditional light-medium-heavy generalizations. The only comments I have ever been able to find out in cyberspace regarding the relative tension of Pirastro strings are anecdotal observations like Ken's for the Passiones, and several others in different contexts have put Jazzers about midway between Spiro S42 Weich and S42 Mittel.