"The last chord of the Andante movement of 131" is he speaking of Beethoven op. 131? I'm trying to figure out what piece it is he's talking about. Anyway, what a cool video, and awesome discussion about such a magnificent instrument!
I read that steel core strings, being high tension, can be damaging to instruments, particularly fine antiques! They have less complexity / texture to the sound too.
@@ZJStrudwick Helicore Strings actually have a lower tension than that because of their stranded steel core which makes them sound essentially like Gut strings.
@@RockStarOscarStern634 Interesting! Please forgive me if I am mistaken, but the power and brilliance of metal strings seems to have been more easily adopted by lower strings and even violas, but often seem to make violins way too harsh and painful to listen to... the natural depth of larger instruments seems to make this less of an issue. I'd still be a bit wary of metal core GDA on my most valuable antique violin, even with stranded core... I've been using synthetics, recently Warchal Amber which feels nice and pliable and has a similar pleasing "fizz" to the texture like guts, but not the impractical tuning instability! I've only seen reviews of helicores so far and they do seem positive, although some say they can "lack character"... of course if they work well for you then that's great! I'm just terribly fussy about the tone and feel of strings really... I change them more often than anyone I know too - what a debauch! I love the old timey character of guts but the amateur orchestras I play with just don't give enough time for tuning...
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