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Thumbs up for my new strings!
Context: I bought the strings for a small German viola circa 1900 - 381mm back/360mm vibrating string length. I acquired the 25.5 kg tension strings to replace some very old Obligatos. So old, new strings were always going to be better; consequently I can't really compare these Tomastik with the Pirastros.
At the time of writing this review, the strings have been on for two weeks and seen action in a concert including Shostakovich 5. The strings settled in very quickly, performing evenly across the board and I was very happy with their response in the concert. They were easy to play. The C is sonorous, the G rich and the D sweet. Of the four, the carbon steel A might is possibly the one I might question, but I'm not unhappy with it and it sang out in the viola section's famous first movement solo. Overall, I wouldn't disagree with the descriptive graphs given by Thomastik on the back of the box.
Conclusion: Nice quality strings that working well on my small viola. Thumbs up.
At the time of writing this review, the strings have been on for two weeks and seen action in a concert including Shostakovich 5. The strings settled in very quickly, performing evenly across the board and I was very happy with their response in the concert. They were easy to play. The C is sonorous, the G rich and the D sweet. Of the four, the carbon steel A might is possibly the one I might question, but I'm not unhappy with it and it sang out in the viola section's famous first movement solo. Overall, I wouldn't disagree with the descriptive graphs given by Thomastik on the back of the box.
Conclusion: Nice quality strings that working well on my small viola. Thumbs up.
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