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Tyler13
Registered User
(3/5/01 6:45:21 pm)
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Spirocore String ID
Can someone tell me how to decipher
the grade or type of Spirocore cello string? Is there a color code
at the peg end or a different color of metal at the ball
end?
P.S. I posted this on Mastronet and Andrew Victor
suggested I post it here.
Thanks
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AaronReeves
Registered User
(3/5/01 6:49:11 pm)
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Spirocore String ID
Hmm. My limited experience with
Spirocores (tried some out from Ellen's shop.) was that they are red
on both ends. There are many people here who use Spirocores, though,
so they might know of a difference.
Aaron
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RonH
Registered User
(3/5/01 6:54:28 pm)
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Red
I have a Spirocore C string and it's
red at both ends.
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Kate
Hopson
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(3/5/01 7:24:17 pm)
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Spirocore String ID
Quinn Violins has a database which
identifies strings by color. You will need to select
"Strings" on
the home page first.
www.quinnviolins.com/home.html
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Steve
Drake
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(3/6/01 9:05:22 am)
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Spirocore String ID
I asked the same thing here once and
only got the "it's red" answer. Hmm. As far as I can tell, there's
no way to tell between tungsten, silver and chrome grades. I've got
all of them here, and they all look the same. Sorry.
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Tyler13
Registered User
(3/6/01 10:52:27 am)
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Spirocore
So the different metals they use for
the ball is not a clue? In terms of the metal how does the silver
compare to the tungsten? Does one show more luster or sheen?
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Christopher
Chan
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(3/6/01 11:33:43 am)
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Spirocore
I have some old tungsten spirocores
and they have different ball ends, some are brass and some are
silver colored. I guess the only way you can tell is by string
diameter and color. The silver and chrome strings are noticably
thicker. I think if you have silver strings, you know you have
silver strings..., they kinda stand out. The tungsten G is about the
same size as the D string. If they are older strings, i imagine the
silver will start to tarnish. I hope this little rant was helpful.
www.thomastik-infeld.net/strings/frames/start03/body_2.htm
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Dick500
Registered User
(3/9/01 11:12:04 am)
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Identifying Spirocores
All Spirocores are red at the
tailpice end.
Mediums are red at the pegbox end.
Starks
(thick gauge) are green at the pegbox end.
Weichs (thin gauge)
are yellow at the pegbox end.
C strings have a brass-colored
ball.
G strings have a chrome-colored ball.
D strings have a
copper-colored ball.
A strings have a brass-colored
ball.
Silver-wound G & C strings have a whitish, milky,
look to them and the metal appears to have a depth to it as opposed
to possessing an immediate surface reflection. If it gets to that
point, silver tarnishes black. A tarnished silver string is easy to
tell apart from tungsten because it is considerably
thinner.
Steel-wound G & C strings tend to have an
immediate surface reflection not unlike the chrome bumpers, trim,
and hubcaps formerly found on automobiles.
Tungsten-wound G
& C strings have a relatively non-reflective surface with a
slight grayish color to the metal. Tungsten spirocores are
noticeably thinner than their steel cousins and considerably thinner
than silver.
Dick Mattson
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lblake
Registered
User
(3/9/01 1:45:42 pm)
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Identifying Spirocores
is tungsten not the whitest, and
silver the second-whitest of the three metals, as well? (when I saw
a tungsten and a silver, the tungsten was definitely the whiter of
the two... and I can't imagine steel being whiter than
silver...
Just another possible way to tell them apart, if
Dick's excellent explanation wasn't enough. 
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