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RE: Changing a gut violin string
Thanks! I'm not sure that this would be relevant for your son's violin teacher. These are strings that are specialised for Early Music, when naked gut strings were commonly used. These days, you would have metal wound strings, which also have ball attachments for the fine tuner and threaded ends to help with gripping the peg!
I think that at this point, no he is not using the gut strings yet nor doing any major orchestral playing. But soon..... He would appreciate learning from your post though in the meantime as he prefers the Early Music as well. Still perfecting Corelli's La Folia and struggling through learning vibrato right now - big hurdle to cross.
Even if he becomes a professional, it is not likely he will use these gut strings unless he does specialisation in Early Music!
The Corelli Follia is a great piece! Hope he enjoys it!
I stand corrected, @benjy ;) He just set me straight, too about the strings LOL I am so sorry for distracting your thread here.
No distraction! It's always good to learn new things!