AQUILA cello string C


item number: 300031
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Gut string for baroque cello (HR type string)

First class gut strings for high and middle registers. All strings with a diameter greater than 0.50 mm are made exclusively with high torsion and undergo a special treatment, which aims at maximum elasticity for easy response and long life for best acoustic results.

Polished strings (type HR)

String varnishing is a modern process and has not been used in the past (gut strings were usually stored in olive or almond oil). The only reason for varnishing is a longer shelf life. However, this comes at the expense of other features, especially the loss of sound quality, for example the clarity of the sound. In addition, the bow response is not as efficient as untreated strings.
The surface of the polished strings is only partially rectified (half rectified), imitating the historic manual polishing process to obtain a string true to original. With this method, the number of ground fibers is significantly reduced compared to modern methods. The advantages are: Better resistance to climatic variations, longer life and better acoustic properties.

The AQUILA gut strings are largely similar to the historical hand polished strings in that they have only a fraction of ground fibers compared to the currently common grinding methods.

  • Gut string for baroque cello
  • Wound with silver
  • For stringing after ca. 1690, calculated for a pitch standard of 415 Hz
  • Vibrating string length: 68 cm
  • Total length of the gut string: 120 cm


Due to the special manufacturing method of polished strings, the diameters represent mean values ​​(for example, a string with diameter 66 may be in a range of 65-67.)