Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Gold Cello Strings (Cello String: Set of Cello Strings) Reviews

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“I think the most useful reviews I read while researching strings have context, so I hope that may help here. I've been using Evah Pirazzi Soloist for nearly a decade on my old German cello. They really gave it more resonance and sweet tones than it had had for years, (and I loved playing thereafter) and they lasted well so I could replace the A and D strings every couple of years when they started to squawk a bit and less often the full set. I've also been using Evah Olive Rosin, and would say it does work well with them. However, when playing on a weekend with quite a number of cellists, I noticed that not only was it was time to renew all my strings, but to consider that even allowing for that I had so much less projection with a 120 year old, smaller cello. Only one thing to help that was changing string choice... 'As any fule cellist kno' it's risky committing to new strings and hugely expensive to make a mistake... I read much around the subject and eventually decided that if EP Soloist agreed with my cello as a set, I might risk shifting to EP Gold as a set to see if I kept what I loved and gained some oomph. I didn't want to risk mixing as I'd tried that in the past and was not successful (costly and woke up a wolf). I put the strings on one at a time and tested out how my whole cello changed between strings out of interest really. It was fascinating! I began with the C as it was older and duller than the A and D. I'd agree with the descriptions of characteristics in the blurb, but most notable was that by the time I'd got the C &G on the EPS A &D became much more resonant and sounded ok (so they'll work as spares). Amazing what changing only some strings had on the whole cello! I suspect because they're all Evah P family. But my goodness the whole set sounds quite different together. I'm now adjusting to hearing what I had set out for (a big change) and I have gained clarity and better projection with lovely resonance from the off. I've also gained some unexpected characteristics that I'd read about, namely 'string noise'. I've decided I like it as it doesn't detract from the lovely overtones, and it adds 'diction' and a richer range of sound which probably goes with projection qualities. I am quite delighted with these strings already after only a couple of days, and as I'm already used to the feel and qualities Evah P Soloists I have every faith they'll get even better. Oh, and no trouble with wolf notes either. Worth noting I spent some time when first starting with EPSs and a Wittner tail piece, fitting a wolf suppressor (notably put on the C string to solve the F ish wolf on the G -- a fact that took some finding) and checking setup for correct length of tail piece anchor... It really is physics, can be done by a good luthier (though I did successfully do it myself), and worth it and sorted wolfs out for good.”

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