Gamut Strings Are Available in Three Formats:

Standard Sets: Where the strings are grouped for particular instruments according to the most popular types. In these sets the gauges are matched to allow the best performance for the instrument and the most agreeable response for the player. The gauges are graduated according to modern performance practice so that the top string has the most tension and each successive lower string is decreased slightly in tension.

Equal Tension Sets: Where the strings are grouped in sets according to the recommendation of historical theoreticians such as Merssanne, who felt that for the instrument to be balanced and respond in proportion all the strings on the instrument should have the same tension.

Custom Gauged Strings: Each type of string we make is available in a range of gauges and can be custom polished for your application. If you do not see a gauge in the list of strings in the standard sets that you want, you can order the exact gauge you require in the type of string you want by selecting from the Custom Gauged string catalog.

Types of Strings:

  • Treble Gut: Used for high and mid-range strings of most small instruments.

  • Lyon Gut: Used for top strings on larger instruments like cellos and basses, mid-range and low strings on other instruments.

  • Pistoy Gut: Used for mid-range and low strings on most instruments.

  • Wound Strings: Used for low strings on most instruments.

  • Gimped Gut: Used for mid-range and low strings on most instruments.

  • Diapason Gut: Is long lengths of gut for archlutes, theorbos, etc.

 

Helpful Tools for Finding the Right String

Gamut Music has string calculators that will enable you to find the correct strings for your instrument. Use them to check tensions, gauges, and play "what if" scenarios to see how changes in your instrument will effect your strings.

Use our tables for string lengths and string tensions to find the perfect string for your instrument.

Our Articles section has a information on gut strings, string types, gauges, string tension and more.

Tricolore Strings and the Heifetz Lineage

The Tricolore line at Gamut is favored by numerous artists playing in the Heifetz lineage, tradition, and style. Click here to see what Dan Larson has to say about Tricolore strings.

Red Diamond Bass Strings

 

Our new Red Diamond bass strings are a great way to play our gut strings at a convenient price for you. Click here to learn more about them!

More Information on Gut Strings

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Hand-made in the USA by Gamut Music, Inc., a leader in the revival of early music strings and instruments. Gut strings are not intended to be used with fine tuners or string adjusters, and those devices should be removed before installing the gut string on the instrument.

All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef serosa unless they specifically say "Sheep Gut." All pure gut Tricolore violin and viola strings are made with sheep gut; gut/metal-wound Tricolore and all Red Diamond strings are made with beef serosa.

Gamut gut string gauges are approximate (≈) diameter. Meaning, that while a ≈0.60mm string is polished in the workshop to a diameter of 0.60mm, changes in ambient humidity, temperature, shipping, and storage conditions can cause to string to expand or contract slightly.

Gimped gut strings and custom gauged equal tension strings are gauged with the equivalent-gauge (=) system. This means that the gauge listed, such as =1.50mm, indicates that the string is approximately equal in weight to a plain gut string of that diameter. Of course, because the wire is much heavier than gut, the string will be much thinner than a plain gut string.

More information about Gamut gut strings, string types, gauges, and string tensions can be found on our FAQ/Articles page. Not finding an answer to your question? Please contact us directly: support@gamutmusic.com.