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Giuseppe Tumiati

last update 05 18 05

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I never found a good synthetic sobstitution to gut strings, so I decided to look for it testing a lot of materials.
It has been a long process, but at last I found a couple of very good line: They have not only the same wheight as gut but enlonging and elasticity too are very close to gut strings.

Blue Line (BL) has the same wheight, same enlonging and same elasticity as gut, just on diameters over 0.85 it become a little lighter (see the equivalence table below).
Brecking weight is just a little higher than modern gut.
I can only have 8 diameters from the factory, between 0.35 up to 1.30, all the intermediate I got to produce by myself rectifying mechanically.

Sound is far better than whatever synthetic strings available so far.

Black line (BK) too has the same wheight as gut, enlonging and elasticity are very close.
Brecking weight is a little bit higher than BL, so it is ideal if you need for the firsts strings to pull more than 4Kg.
It sound very good and its shining black colour is very elegant.
Unfortunately I could find just 5 usefull diameters between 0.35 to 0.60 and rectify process leave it grey, so I suggest to use it only with these 5 diameters

Nylon (NY) and PVF (PVF): I don't use them anymore, but if you like them I'll be happy to give you what you need.

Gut (GT), Double Tortion Gut (DT) and Fretts (FR): I got the stock for the gut I found the best since I started to build musical instruments

Wired Strings
Bleu Line (WBL), Black Line (WBK), Nylon (WNY), PVF (WPVF), Gut (WGT), Double Torsion Gut (WDT): for the basses I do wire the whole string (not a multifilament) with copper.
The suond is the closest to the plain string sound, so you don't have the "step" from plain strings to the wired ones.
Code for the wired strings is the equivalent plain gut diameter

To place your order:
send me an email message with the list of your needs, I'll answer it with exact costs and payment instructions

Prices
not including packing, shipping and V.A.T.
20% V.A.T. only applies to Italian Customers and Customers who live in the EU

Q: How long have to be my strings?
A: the vibrating string lenght + ~40cm
e.g. if your lute is 60cm, you need for 100cm strings

Blue Line (BL): Eur 3.00/mt all diameters
Wired Blue Line (WBL): Eur 5.00/mt all diameters

Black Line (BK): Eur 3.00/mt all diameters
Wired Black Line (WBK): Eur 5.00/mt all diameters

Nylon (NY): Eur 2.00/mt all diameters
Wired Nylon (WNY): Eur 4.00/mt all diameters

PVF (PVF):	Ø 0.30 - 0.40	Eur 2.00/mt	Wired (WPVF)	70 - 100	Eur 4.00/mt
	Ø 0.43 - 0.55	Eur 2.50/mt		102 - 130	Eur 4.50/mt
	Ø 0.58 - 0.70	Eur 3.00/mt		132 - 160	Eur 5.00/mt
	Ø 0.73 - 0.80	Eur 3.50/mt		162 - 190	Eur 5.50/mt
	Ø 0.83 - 0.92	Eur 4.00/mt		192 - 230	Eur 6.50/mt

Gut (GT)	Ø 0.30 - 0.40	Eur 3.00/mt	Wired (WGT)	70 - 84	Eur 5.00/mt
	Ø 0.42 - 0.54	Eur 4.00/mt		86 - 100	Eur 6.00/mt
	Ø 0.56 - 0.68	Eur 5.00/mt		102 - 116	Eur 7.00/mt
	Ø 0.70 - 0.82	Eur 5.50/mt		118 - 132	Eur 7.50/mt
	Ø 0.84 - 0.96	Eur 6.50/mt		134 - 148	Eur 8.50/mt
	Ø 0.98 - 1.10	Eur 7.50/mt		150 - 164	Eur 9.50/mt
	Ø 1.12 - 1.24	Eur 8.50/mt		166 - 180	Eur 10.50/mt
	Ø 1.26 - 1.38	Eur 10.50/mt		182 - 196	Eur 12.50/mt
	Ø 1.40 - 1.52	Eur 12.00/mt		198 - 212	Eur 14.50/mt
	Ø 1.54 - 1.66	Eur 14.50/mt		214 - 230	Eur 17.00/mt
if you need bigger diameters, please ask for availability and price

Double torsion Gut (DT)
	Ø 0.30 - 0.40	Eur 3.50/mt	Wired (WDT)	70 - 84	Eur 5.50/mt
	Ø 0.42 - 0.54	Eur 4.50/mt		86 - 100	Eur 6.50/mt
	Ø 0.56 - 0.68	Eur 5.50/mt		102 - 116	Eur 7.50/mt
	Ø 0.70 - 0.82	Eur 6.50/mt		118 - 132	Eur 8.50/mt
	Ø 0.84 - 0.96	Eur 7.50/mt		134 - 148	Eur 9.50/mt
	Ø 0.98 - 1.10	Eur 8.50/mt		150 - 164	Eur 10.50/mt
	Ø 1.12 - 1.24	Eur 10.00/mt		166 - 180	Eur 12.00/mt
	Ø 1.26 - 1.38	Eur 12.00/mt		182 - 196	Eur 14.00/mt
	Ø 1.40 - 1.52	Eur 14.50/mt		198 - 212	Eur 16.50/mt
	Ø 1.54 - 1.66	Eur 16.50/mt		214 - 230	Eur 19.00/mt
if you need bigger diameters, please ask for availability and price

gut for fretts (FR)	0.40 - 0.70	Eur 1.50/mt
	0.71 - 1.00	Eur 2.50/mt
	1.01 - 1.40	Eur 4.50/mt
	1.41 - 1.90	Eur 6.50/mt
	1.91 - 2.20	Eur 10.50/mt
	2.21 - 2.80	Eur 22.50/mt
	2.81 - 3.00	Eur 26.50/mt

equivalence

gut	double torsion gut	blue line	black line	nylon	PVF
0.34	0.32			0.40	0.30
		0.35	0.35
0.36	0.34			0.43
0.38	0.36	0.38		0.45	0.33
0.40	0.38	0.40	0.40		0.35
0.42	0.40
		0.43		0.48
0.44	0.42				0.38
		0.45	0.45	0.50
0.46	0.44			0.53	0.40
0.48	0.46	0.48		0.55
0.50	0.48	0.50	0.50		0.43
0.52	0.50	0.52		0.58	0.45
				0.60
0.54	0.52				0.48
		0.55
0.56	0.54			0.63	0.50
0.58	0.56	0.58		0.65
0.60	0.58	0.60	0.60	0.68	0.53
0.62	0.60			0.70
		0.63			0.55
0.64	0.62			0.73
		0.65
0.66	0.64			0.75	0.58
0.68	0.66	0.68		0.78	0.60
0.70	0.68	0.70
0.72	0.70			0.80	0.63
		0.73
0.74	0.72			0.83	0.65
		0.75
0.76	0.74			0.85
0.78	0.76	0.78		0.88	0.68
0.80	0.78	0.80		0.90	0.70
0.82	0.80			0.93
		0.83
0.84	0.82				0.73
		0.85		0.95
0.86	0.84	0.88			0.75
0.88	0.86	0.90		0.98	0.78
0.90	0.88	0.93		1.00
0.92	0.90	0.95			0.80

0.94	0.92	0.97			0.83

0.96	0.94
0.98	0.96	1.00			0.85
1.00	0.98	1.03
1.02	1.00	1.05			0.88
1.04	1.02				0.90
1.06	1.04	1.08			0.92
1.08	1.06	1.10
1.10	1.08	1.13
1.12	1.10	1.15
1.14	1.12
1.16	1.14	1.18
1.18	1.16	1.20
1.20	1.18	1.23
1.22	1.20	1.25
1.24	1.22
1.26	1.24	1.28
1.28	1.26	1.30

Gut and Double torsion Gut keep on like this up to 4mm Ø

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