Sonore strings

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

Bring 'em.

I need one from around €2,5k and up. The downside of buying stuff directly from people is that they tend to keep the best to themselves... what's your keeper?

i have an about 60 years old german bow for sale. made in mittenwald and stamped "Albert Nürnberger"
but i doubt its the right bow for you, because i won´t sell it for 2,5k

[Joel Larsson]

But Nürnberger made good bows, didn't he? If it's cheaper but just as good as a billion dollar bow, I'd buy it anyway, you know.

[Anselm Hauke]

it´s 1500,-€

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

But Nürnberger made good bows, didn't he?

yes, he did. but my bow is a bow stamped "Albert Nürnberger", that means: anybody else exept Albert Nürnberger made it

[Joel Larsson]

Ah, one of those... like a Stradivarius bass.

I ran into an "H.R. Pfretzschner" on the Net before Christmas. It looked strange. Being the powerful and important man I am, I sent three bass players to check it out, one of which already owns three Pfretzschners. This one was strange, as it clearly wasn't what we usually associate with a Pfretzschner; it had a very low tip and was somewhere inbetween German and French, and had a rather clumsy brass peg. I HAVE heard that Pretzschner's early bass bows weren't what they later became - which isn't very surprising considering that he was something of a pioneer of the modern German bow - and it was indeed most similar to the earliest of the three bows they brought. They said it seemed to make a decent sound, but it needed work, and I wasn't very interested in spending my money on what wasn't necessarily a real H.R.P., so I let that one go. I'd still like to know whether it was real or not, though...

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

Ah, one of those... like a Stradivarius bass.

but, despite of being no nürnberger, its a good ca. 60 years old mittenwälder bow.
it was my main bow till i switched to my next main bow

[Anselm Hauke]

hey joel and andreas
so much time for posting on a saturday at 20:00, don´t you have a gig?


ooops, ok, what about me...

[Joel Larsson]

My motto is that time and money are no problems.

I guess I could apply for scholarships or something. But, nah.

Andreas; thanks. They sound like something you could use, considering your strange string preferences.
I am mostly interested in his Orchestrals and Red Labels. I hope he'll bring some of the latter to the course in March. Gut core is nice for orchestral playing but I have yet to play one that carries the power of a rope/steel/whatever all the way up above the FB.

[Joel Larsson]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

but, despite of being no nürnberger, its a good ca. 60 years old mittenwälder bow.
it was my main bow till i switched to my next main bow

When I bought the F. Günter Hoyer bow from his son Matthias (and grandson, too, who had just taken up his ancestor's profession - love family businesses!) he (Matthias) told me that his father (the actual F. Günter) made bows for Nürnberger back in the day. The guy was born in 1926, so it might very well be a bow from before he inherited his father's workshop, or got the master's degree, or something. But perhaps you already knew this. Anyways, this F. Günter is still going strong, well past 80 as he is... and I love the bow I got, and, if the same guy did yours, I can see why you waited until now to get another.

Anyways, on the subject of Sonore, now that I've met Herr Genssler and seen him in action, I can see why you won't have to look any further after you've brought your bass to his shop and gotten a set. His Gut cores actually sound great in ALL position - fancy that!! - and the two year warranty makes it worth the money, considering the fact that a normal set of Eudoxas seem to last for, like, three months. He even almost succeeded in satisfying Thomas Martin, which according to Mr. Martin himself, is a very difficult thing to do. Too bad I don't live in Berlin...

[Andreas Henningsson]

So, did you purchase them?

[Andreas Henningsson]

Hey, Joel! You can listen to the Sonore Corax here.

Gerlod was one of the founders of the Velvet string company. I think he took off to start his own business when they stopped making guts.