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Hi there,
I am looking for special strings for my cello: I want to tune it for quarts, like a piccolo bass: g d a e. So, anybody knows a source where I can find it? I have tried already well known factories like Thomastik, Jargar, Pirastro, D'addario. Any idea?
Thanks in advance,
Peter
Ps: anybody out there improvising on a cello tuned like this?


By dezspet at Aug 8 2006 - 6:09am | NDCA General Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic

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I too am looking to tune my cello as I do my bass and have tried many of the obvious things.
If I learn anything I would be happy to share it with you.
Have you learned anything that has gotten you closer?
john@costill.com

By john costill at Fri, 08/25/2006 - 9:29pm | login or register to post comments

Sorry for the late answer. I

Sorry for the late answer. I did not find proper strings yet, though I managed to retune my current Pirastros, it's working, but the C became E, so you can imagine the tension now...
Recently I have sent a mail to LaBella who's producing piccolo bass strings for electric bass, but I did not get any reply yet. Ron Carter uses LaBella and he does play the cello and piccolo bass as well, so I believe it's LaBella or noone else...
Will let you know their answer.
Please let me know if you find something.
Regards,
Peter

By dezspet at Fri, 10/06/2006 - 6:13am | login or register to post comments