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mcello
Registered User
(2/14/01 9:18:36 pm)
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Word of
warning regarding strings
As always I waited until about 2
weeks before a big solo performance to order new strings, I
typically use the larsen/spirocore combo. Anyway, the a string was
defective and when I tried to get another one, I had a horrible time
because supposedly jargar is having production problems, so larsens
are selling out and several big dealers did not have larsen strings
in stock. Thankfully, I called the shop where I bought my cello,
they had one a string left, I and talked them into overnighting it
to me.
The point of this is to warn anyone else that might be
procrastinating as I did, that you might want to allow some extra
time for you strings to arrive in the near future. I don't live near
any great music stores, so I rely on Shar, Discount Strings, etc. to
get my supplies!
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RemRem
Registered User
(2/15/01 4:16:05 am)
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..and I
know where all the Jagar strings dissapear
Last week I saw someone breaking two
(Jagar) A strings in three days...and that was an avarage week, I'd
say 
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justinkagan1
Registered
User
(2/15/01 10:21:57 am)
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Re:
Word of warning regarding strings
While I think it's a temporary
problem with the Larsen production...yes, they've virtually taken
over the market, and I quite happily abandoned Jargar years ago
after a rash of breakages attributable to a production defect...even
Ideal Music in NYC, surely the largest seller of strings anywhere,
had been severely backordered on Larsen Strong A's...I had to take a
medium A with the rest of my set. Seems like the Belcanto craze has
died down as well. I suspect it's time for the Ginzu Co. or Popeil's
(of the pocket fisherman craze)to get into the act.
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David
Sanders
Registered User
(2/15/01 1:20:31 pm)
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..and I
know where all the Jagar strings dissapear
I haven't broken a Jargar string in
quite a while now. Just lucky, I think.
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Corrina
Connor
Moderator
(2/15/01 3:21:13 pm)
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my
father broke a Jargar string
On my first falling-apart,
broken-cornered, Czech Cello there was a Jargar D string. Because
the cello had been sitting in a cupboard at the Music School all
summer the pegs had swelled astronomically, and the D-string was
hanging off the cello.
We asked my father to give the peg a
tiny turn to loosen it a bit, but he did his version of a 'tiny
turn', and KABANG, BRONG, SPRHGREETIZJ!!! (you may gather it broke)
and he's not touched a cello since.
I might add that I've
never actually broken a string, although my A-string broke in a lift
in June, right before a lesson.
I have a friend who broke two
Larsen As in 3 hours once.
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RonH
Registered User
(2/16/01 12:10:48 am)
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Do they
degenerate without using
I have some Larsen A strings, etc.
that I keep on hold in case I need them. If they are not strung (or
whatever you call it) on the cello, do they still degenerate after a
period of time, so that they are not really what you want to
use?
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rexmeow
Registered User
(2/16/01 3:13:27 pm)
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Re: I
broke an A too recently .
I just broke a 2nd A Larsen string
recently, and I didn't have a spare,lesson here is always carry
spare strings like I do now.Otherwise you find yourself trying to
play your songs on the D string in absence of the A, which in some
cases is impossible and an end to practice. They are actually spare
used strings which I keep just in case.My D Larsen string is about
to break too, I see the lovely frayed signs and hear the
stretching.I put a cheap A string on until winter is thru,my strings
sometimes pop out of tune during the cold winter quite a bit, esp.
in cold practice rooms which stressed my Larsen A string.My Helicore
C and G have never broken.But my violin E string will sometimes
break,but not the others.Sometimes I'm afraid to tune the high
strings on both,afraid it will break and pop me one,that
hurts.
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TerryM
Registered
User
(2/16/01 4:04:04 pm)
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Another
idea
It is a good idea with a new string
to put it on the cello for a short period of time to get the initial
stretching over with. Once this is done the string will be ready to
put on the cello on short notice and will stay in tune more easily.
This is especially important if it breaks during a rehearsal or
performance. The degree of stretching is related to the type of
string used, with some taking longer to stabilize and stay in
tune.
Terry
Edited by: TerryM
at: 2/16/01 4:04:04 pm
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Dick500
Registered User
(2/16/01 4:56:26 pm)
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Re:
Degenerate strings
Hey Ron--
Steel core strings
like the Larsen A's you mentioned will not go bad in the package. It
is the gradual stretching while under tension that makes them go
dead after a period of time. So you can keep spares on hand without
fear.
Dick Mattson
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