Fiddle and Alternative Strings Forum

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Recently, my bow has been sliding all over my strings and is hard to control. Even when I rosin the bow it still does it. I've been playing for a year and a half and although my technique isn't perfect, it's not bad enough for the bow to be doing tha...

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So, bored at work today, I browse over to supersensitive's website and find out that they have 2 different F and Bb strings available; one nickel and one silver-tungsten.  Has anyone tried the Silver/Tungsten ones, as there seems quite a tension jump...

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I would like to know how cracks on a cello effect its sound and value. I am going to inspect a 1930 German cello. I can see cracks in the photo. How does it effect the way the cello sounds and please give me tips to know if they are "too bad" or impr...