Gut strings Rock!!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by davidseidel

Standard Chordas are very good strings but my experience is also that they are too heavy - in particuar the D and E. Since Carlos has noted the specs of diameters which he feels are ideal, will Pirastro perhaps make that set available to the public? Otherwise the only way to buy particular guages is to go to the hand made artist strings such as DD and Gamut?

I asked Pirastro that exact question and mentioned the special gauges. I was told they are made to order for him for Jazz and they sent me the normal Orchestra set. Well, if Carlos got those specs from John Schaeffer, the former NY Phil Principal then I would have to assume they are Double Bass gauges and not specific to Jazz. In fact, they are probably for Orchestra if that's what Schaeffer recommended.

Carlos? Please ask John so we don't have to assume. Then, maybe we can pressure Pirastro to make them available. The Chordas look like good quality strings. They just seem a little heavy to me as well.