Warchal Avantgarde Violin String, A
By Warchal
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Ball end, medium tension
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£29.53 | |
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Loop end, Medium tension
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£29.53 |
* All strings are ball end, unless otherwise specified.
Description
Helix design metal A
Specially designed metal string to compliment gut or synthetic core D and G strings.
Specifications
- Metal core Helix design stainless steel winding.
Customer reviews:
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Grade 8+
An interesting and unusual new string
6
out of
7
found the following review helpful
Pros: I bought this string for a particular reason. I have a very good modern violin which has a rather too strong voice on the A string, and the Obligato A I had on it did not really temper that, good as it was. I like Warchal strings and thought I'd try the new Avantgarde string just to see what happened. It made a marginal difference in the right direction - it is a nice string which produces a clean, failry sweet sound with an immediate and reliable response.
Cons: Nothing ; it's fine
Professional
Good sounds but strange helix feel
Pros: - Good sound - Lasts a long time - Thin feel
Cons: - There is a strange helix shape which doesn’t completely disappears when the string is tuned up resulting in a lot of tiny bumps and an awkward feel when changing positions numerously and rapidly. It just seems to me they over engineered the Russian A which is great in itself.
Beginner
An irritating problem cured easily
Pros: After reading someone else’s comment on the problem I was having – a too big difference between the D and A strings on my violin - I fitted the Avantgarde A string. There is now a balance between the D and G strings and the A and E strings. All four strings are now balanced together. There is not a jump in volume, quality or anything from the D string to this A string. It makes the violin sound balanced. Playing in higher positions on this new A string is now a pleasure. It sings out.
Cons: None
Other: In spite of the warning on the packet, I did not notice any ‘strangeness’ in the feel of the string along its whole, mainly curly, length.
Keen Amateur
An experimental purchase that paid off.
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found the following review helpful
Pros: A state of the art string for a state of the art instrument. Sounds fine as expected for one committed to the Russian set up.
Cons: The damper to fit between string and bridge. I altered this for the better.
