Description
Pirastro Eudoxa is probably the world's best known string and has been a staple of many players over the last 60 years. It is a traditional covered gut string.
Nowadays these strings appeal mainly to players who value the unique tonal properties and playing feel of a traditional gut cored string and are prepared to accept the need for more regular tuning and their sensitivity to changes in climatic conditions.
The sheep gut core of Eudoxa strings is manufactured, wound and polished in the traditional way, by hand. Well balanced warm tone with a great diversity of sound. Low string tension and a comfortable left hand feeling ideal for orchestra, chamber music and studio takes.
Set of 4 strings in medium tension. See individual strings for low and high tension.
Please note. These strings do NOT have ball ends and are not designed for use with fine tuners on the tailpiece. These can damage the knot of the string and lead to breaking. Tuning should be confined to the pegs only. Please ensure this product meets your requirements prior to purchase.
Specifications
- Full size, medium tension.
- A - Aluminium on gut
- D - Aluminium and Silver on gut
- G - Silver on gut
- C - Silver on gut
- Made in Germany
Customer reviews:
2
Grade 8+
Sublime at times
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out of
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found the following review helpful
Pros: When the strings were behaving well and this varied a little from day to day there was a huge potential to vary the tone produced on the A&D - far more than any other strings I have tried.
Cons: The C string at least on the setup of my cello was too loose and very very difficult to obtain any resonance. This may be the perpetual dilemma of strings and a cello and the set up but on my cello at least I had to change the C string.
Keen Amateur
Delightful and only a little bit troublesome
Pros: Tried these just to see, never having played gut strings before. They really do give a sound recognisably different from from metal strings - rich, liquid, and appealing in a wider variety of repertoire than I had expected. I'm pleasantly surprised by the C, which has very little "kick" but a lovely full earthiness. This is with a modern Chinese advanced-student instrument.
Cons: They can be demanding to play well - or perhaps, the things that are easy or difficult are different from what I'm used to. Much as I like them, I don't think they make me sound like a better player! Tuning is awkward. On day 1, after playing for ten minutes all the strings are (pretty consistently) a semitone flat. By day 7 they're quite stable, including overnight, but I haven't exposed them to big changes in the weather yet. Tuning with only the pegs is as awkward as I'd imagined and I probably won't stick with them for orchestral use.
Other: The A has a ball end which is too large to fit through the hole in the tailpiece I'm using. I was a bit stuck and it had to be pointed out to me that I could just thread the string through from the underside without having to push the ball through the hole at all. So obvious when I knew! (The other three have loops, which somehow I had no problem with.)
