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Anyone have any idea when metal strings first came into general use in Russia?
I'm curious because my instrument is a Russian instrument made in 1939, and I'm
wondering what strings would have been used on it when it was first made.

Mon Jul 6, 2009 6:36 pm

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Anyone have any idea when metal strings first came into general use in Russia? I'm curious because my instrument is a Russian instrument made in 1939, and I'm...	ivan_ptizelov	Jul 6, 2009 6:37 pm
Most probably your instrument was strung with gut strings when it was made. I wonder about the quality of the strings because iin 1939 Russia was a Comunist ...	luis claudio manfio manfioluis	Jul 6, 2009 7:08 pm
I know of several good Russian makers, but none of them are well known (or even known at all) in the West because the Soviet Union made it nearly impossible to...	ivan_ptizelov	Jul 6, 2009 7:29 pm
Yes, it may be that metal strings were used first, but I don't think so, most of strings on that time were made of gut. Of course that concert players like ...	luis claudio manfio manfioluis	Jul 7, 2009 6:31 pm
My impression is that until the Russian Revolution in 1917, musicians there had access to the same strings as players in western Europe. For my two cents worth...	Eric Chapman chapmanviolins@...	Jul 7, 2009 8:11 pm
Yes, this is my experience too. I sold a viola to a quite gifted player from Kiev, Ukraine, he played a potboiler and was able to get a good sound from it. He...	luis claudio manfio manfioluis	Jul 8, 2009 7:18 pm
... I don't know for sure, but my guess would be pure gut and gut core wound strings. Possibly still pure gut Es, although steel Es were common in the U.S....	John Howell John.Howell@...	Jul 8, 2009 1:04 am

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