[Dixielandjazz] RE: Itzak Perlman story/tuning

Tamas Ittzes bohem at fibermail.hu
Thu Apr 7 12:46:27 PDT 2005


Bill Gunter wrote:
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anyone who puts a new string on any stringed instrument (metal or nylon
- but especially nylon) will discover that the string will immediately
stretch and need retuning every couple of minutes to stay in pitch. This
would definitely NOT be the thing to do with a violin soloist such as
Stern or Perlman or anybody who is in performance!
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Wrong, Bill. In case of the E string it pretty much stays there right
away. If the A, D or G string breaks, you are right. But in 90% of such
cases the E string breaks.

Tamas
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