New orchestral strings from Pirastro & Daddario

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer

Actually, a gold medal is reserved for an instrument that wins a silver in both the tone and workmanship categories. Silver is the highest honor in either tone or workmanship. Also, I want to congratulate my colleague Seth Kimmel, whose bass also took a silver in tone, and Sergio Scaramelli, whose bass was honored with a certificate for workmanship.

I wonder how my Hart would be judged if it was new and entered in one of these shows. We don't know how it sounded new but the workmanship is fairly evident.