Academie Tenor Viol G-6 Gut/Silverplate Medium Gauge

Academie gut strings are used by professional and serious amature musicians around the world. This is a single length medium gauge 1.26mm string having a gut core and silver-plated wire wire winding, knotted at the end. These strings are usually used on Baroque instruments by those musicians playing historical performance practice, consequently, the gauges are set to the pitch of a-415. The tone is full and warm with a powerful fundamental and complex, pleasing upper partials. These strings are manufactured in the USA by Gamut Music, 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.