Strings
Strings for musical instruments can be categorized based on the material used as well as the brand. Some of the widely used strings are:
Gut Strings:
Sheep gut strings have been used for thousands of years! Originally, gut strings did not have a metal winding (like the strings on a harp today). The addition of metal windings changed the size of the string (which can be made thinner), the tone ( a new larger and brighter sound), the response (much faster) and the volume (louder). Gut strings are affected by the climate and temperature (much like wood, they expand with humidity and contract when dry). This creates difficulty in keeping instruments in tune and a shorter life to the strings. Regardless of how difficult gut strings are, they're still preferred by many soloists and professionals for their ease of response and their beautiful warm, rich tone. Gut strings are generally more expensive.
Pirastro
Olive-Brilliant sound with a big tonal volume (soloist)
Eudoxa-Excellent, warm sound (soloist, orchestra and chamber musicians)
Gold Label "Wonder Tone"-Good price gut string-e string steel
Chorda-Authentic stringing for baroque music (not for modern tuning)
violin, viola, cello, bass
D'Addario
Golden Spiral-inexpensive gut string
violin,
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