Gut strings…time to visit them again

I love gut strings.  Well, I should say I love the SOUND of gut strings.  The expense, tuning instability, fragility, longevity…let’s just say there are reasons most people have moved to synthetic or steel core strings.  And then you hear Steven Isserlis...

Basses are back!

Of all the things I figured we might run short on during the summer, basses were not one of them!  It just goes to show how unpredictable demand can be.  We got down to the point where the only basses we had in stock were a 5-string and a bass with a C-extension!...

A sticky situation

Rosin.  If you play a violin-family instrument and use a bow with horsehair, you are familiar with the stuff.  It comes in many price points, packaging, and formulations, but its core purpose is the same – create the friction between the bow hair and the string...