AQUILA bass viol string d


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Plain gut string for bass viol (HU gut type)

The use of unsplit sheep gut is not only closer to the historical reality of string makers of the past, but has resulted in strings with unexpectedly superior acoustic and mechanical properties compared to those made with gut strips. The HU type strings have a surface that has only been flattened enough so that the string is not wrong; Then the string is lightly oiled.

Polished Strings (Type HU)

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

  • Gut string for bass viol
  • For stringing after about 1690, calculated for a pitch of 415 Hz
  • Vibrating string length: 70 cm
  • Total length of the gut string: 120 cm


Due to the special manufacturing method of polished strings, the diameters represent mean values ​​(e.g. a string with a diameter of 76 can be in a range of 75 - 77.