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Lisa
Shipman
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(5/30/01 7:09:41 pm)
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Spirocore
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Well, thanks to Steve's advice I got the new string on my cello,
tuned her up and....eeewwwww. Do these strings usually sound so
harsh? I'm sure there is a break in period but this string sounds
REALLY harsh and brassy and I'm not liking it much at all. My first
dumb thing I did of course was to put it on today when I have a
concert this weekend and it's our biggie of the year. Ha, should
have waited. But now I'm thinking of taking it right back off
anyway. I have one of the Stringworks cello's and it's had the
D'Addario Helicore strings on it. Which I like but I was looking for
a slightly different tone. Guess I got different all right. Oh this
search could get costly.....
By the way the string I replaced
with the Spirocore was the G. If this makes any difference.
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Drake
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(5/30/01 9:18:18 pm)
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Re: Spirocore
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I've found they take about a week to break in. Sometimes longer.
For me the tungsten ones never get broken in. They can still be
useable during the breakin period, you just have to be more careful
about your attacks and such.
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RemRem
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(5/31/01 2:15:16 am)
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Tungsten
strings
I once had tungsten strings on C and G and also found them sound
terrible metallic. Maybe silver strings would be better?
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etn69
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(5/31/01 3:41:41
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Re: Spirocore
Strings
I also use tungsten Spirocore C & G.
Although they sound a
little bit more metallic
than my former strings (medium Jargars),
they produce a
richer, warmer, more focused sound, with
more
volume as well. They nonetheless took 4 to 6
weeks for
the sound to "settle down".
I really love my tungsten
Spirocore, but nonetheless
the strings have to fit to your
instrument, and hence
there's no "perfect" set of
strings.
Unfortunately, there's only one way to know which
set
suits one's cello best: to try them... which can
take lots
of time - or lots of money !
(sometimes even both
;-)
Happy playing,
Etienne
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Victor
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Posts: 327
(5/31/01 12:25:22 pm)
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Re: Tungsten
strings
It depends on your instrument - and on the brand of
strings.
Andy
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FrozenYankee
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(6/1/01 5:10:00
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That's why there
are so many string mfgs. I guess...
I too have a Stringworks cello that came with Helicores which I
found to be OK but a little metallic. I replaced the A & D with
Jargars and really love the difference.
Then I replaced the G
& C with tungsten Spirocores. I really like them too, although I
didn't notice as big a difference as when I changed to the
Jargars.
There are just so many factors that enter into all
of this. Different strokes for different folks. We're all
right.
Richard
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