Evah Pirazzi Weichs (also good for jazz)

[Richard Prowse]

It was just a comparison thing. I was playing in thumb position and the spiros were brighter, but the evahs had this nice dark sound. Okay, they both sounded like a bass but it's like when you try a nice Merlot Cabernet and you describe the bouquet as tasting of blackcurrent and cherry flavours. We humans are big on comparison, hence the popularity of similes and metaphors in our language. Life is more fun when it is colourful.
I used to play a bit of viola when I lived in Tauranga (about about fifteen years ago) - there was a desperate shortage of viola players in the area, so I resurrected some old violin playing skills for a while. I've always thought that, if I wasn't a double bass player, the viola would be a great instrument to put one's time into. So, which strings sound like a viola? I'm definitely going to go with Bel Canti.