Making Violin Strings

[PopBubblewrappable]

What string manufacturer is shown here?

[RockerPerson211]

the girl's bow looks too tight

[welltuned24]

For lutes they've started using guts from cattle in addition to the goats and sheep currently utilized. Expensive, as usual, for gut strings, but they've a durability not found in the other. I've a string box that's as valuable as the instruments, and could easily go broke trying to keep my Theorbo in guts. They are worth every penny!

[BlueGlich]

i wander how much something like that would be priced at?

[xilent234]

o.O I didn't know that lol

[xpurple505]

I've been playing the violin for a year and I barely found out what the string are made out of. O.O

[Happydude123125]

Wait... thats how the bow was made

[fischersgirl1720]

@Happydude123125 No, bows are made from horse tail hair.

[Happydude123125]

But... but... mines is made of horse tail... (the horse don't get killed i believe)

[helgih580]

Can metal strings be used on violins?

[monypril]

@helgih580 Not that I know of, they would break the violin.

[eslaneBAS]

UGH!!!!!!!



[MarkHarmer]

Gut strings are really expensive. I have a complete spare set for my harp, and in GBP (UK pounds) a set of 34 is about £280. Violinists have it easy - they only have 4!

[Brighteyes1ful]

I wonder how much ther strings cost i bet because of the process they are very expensive?

[i0wnDaWorld]

that's so sick



[TheToocold]

i just ate lambchops for lunch and its time for my viola lesson!

[WTFROFLMOA555]

would this be possible to use it on a guitar?

[dash257]

i like but i dislike >.<

[Ayoobmarafie]

so are my violin strings eatable ?

[mcgyvr2009i]

I'm going to get sick.

[Octavideoz]

spaghetti

[gymnotropic]

What kind of bow is the woman from the beginning using?

[nbachmann]

@gymnotropic Its a baroque style bow that is bowed outwards instead of inwards. Modern bows offer much better pressure control, but some groups to be historically accurate use replica bows when playing baroque music.

[400person]

you also need to not tighten your bow so much.

[Antumailin]

Hi I could tell where I can buy this type of string for violin, all the strings of this brand are manufactured in the same way I would like to buy for two violins Thanks

[lorditachijr]

@Antumailin Pirastro makes a few sets of gut strings. I recommend the Pirastro Passione unless the violins are extremely old. You can find them at any music website such as Shar. Also make sure when ordering a set whether you need a ball end E string or loop end. You can tell this based on the fine tuner you have. If the tuner has a hook on the end, get loop, but otherwise(or if you don't have a fine tuner) gyou'll probably need ball end.

[hyttpi]

cat guts are also used 2 make violin strings

[JackyRowe]

@hyttpi youtube.com/watch?v=LXHss1V3Nm­s

[oj1296]

Why would someone get strings that are made of lamb?! There crazy!

[samisyosam]

@oj1296 Because they're playing classical baroque music. Only period musicians use all-gut strings. It creates an incredibly unique sound, but they don't hold up to the high tension standards modern violinists are used to. They also stretch and go out of tune all the time. For durability and consistency, 99% of string players use steel strings. We wish steel strings have the tone of gut strings, but then again gut strings are less responsive. I wish there was a perfect string out there.

[daniel0731ex]

@samisyosam

**Synthetic strings,

only the Chinese communist violinists use steel strings

[samisyosam]

@daniel0731ex Well yeah, if we're talking about the core of the string. There's gut core, synthetic core and cheese-grater-from-hell steel core strings. They're all still wound with metal on the outside. I was just remarking on the strings that are gut through and through.

[Mocabean82]

That is a job I WOULD NOT do by hand...

[feydust]

Musicians in general now days use strings made of metal; since the classical era gut strings where replaced with metal strings because classical musicians seeked more clarity in the sound and since then generally metal strings are used. Only in this and the past century, in the dawn of what is now known as historically accurate performance was when some musicians became interested in reviving the sound of 'early music' (music before the classical era) started to use gut strings again.

[yellotheemcee]

seems so painstaking for 20 bucks a string -.-

[jellogarden]

these string makers must have legendary patience

[random234]

it's amazing that a violin sound is produced by a horse hair rubbing against a lamb intestine on top of a piece of tree.

[KindomHPrincess]

@random234 LOL my violins natural. Literally.

[SodaPopElectric]

yay for not wasting

but man... :c

[Meroboy]

im not hungry anymore..

[MarkHarmer]

Gut strings have some great qualities but they are really susceptible to moisture, and if you get too rough with them, they start to fray and unravel. I have a gut strung harp and it's a great sound. But many instruments (violin included) now use strings made of nylon or steel as they are more consistent.

[annacrack]

I wonder how they got the idea to use guts.

[DJJP510]

What is the piece that they are playing at the end??!!!

PLease answer

the music right at 5: 13 sounds beautiful

[edugg]

@DJJP510 Bach Double violin concerto in A minor I guess... But not so shure.

[hobojoe360]

@edugg Bach Concerto No.1 in A minor

I played it myself several times.

[adam0509]

now I understand why violin make the same sound that a Lamb... xD

"bééééééééé" xD

[random234]

@adam0509 haha :D

[itwillbealright]

Very interesting.

[reyborey]

Awesome

[Penaelo]

Hey at least the lamb's guts aren't wasted. =D

Very interesting.

[spartanzblood]

Guitar is more popular (at this time) than violin, even though violin has been made longer. Anyways, GUITAR PWNS!!!!!!!

[nuke1989]

look like spagetti

[Sock1122]

ooooooooooor you could just play guitar instead :P

Guitar > violins

[arcturian627]

The guitar and the violin are too different to make a meaningful comparison. I like both.

[ShitCrap]

guitarists are just violin players, violin takes a lot more skill and the payoff is much worse. Gotta love that masochist vibe :D

[tt247jer]

I so agree with you!

[cpturtle1]

@Sock1122 violins>guitars

[welstijlfilms]

I published this video on the Dutch website WELSTIJL (22 march) Kind regards Sem Mallée

[Track17]

ew no gloves?

[azmegladon]

YOUNG SUPPLE SHEEP, FUCK YAH

[TurboBuzzard]

How much those strings cost o.o?

[xRawlins]

(i'm an asshole XD)

[xRawlins]

Hey guys, I know this video was hard for you to watch and all; I know you're already going through some emotional things right now and I would hate to add on to it... however I feel I must inform you.

If you eat hamburger, young cows are butchered. Same for your delicious bacon; they slaughter pigs by the thousands.

That sizzle of bacon is the deathscream of some young piglet! YES, WILBUR IS YOUR BACON!~ NOW EAT IT!

[delli4]

yum

[sentazar]

Are you guys really retarded? The lambs get killed for food regardless, using the guts for strings is even more in respect of the animal as you're wasting less of it.

[GhostTarget]

mmm, yummy

[DrMoose]

Fuck this backwards shit. Disturbing.

[chbrules]

I wonder how much those strings cost in contrast to synthetic ones. I imagine most musicians don't use them.

That process is very laborious.

[ryanlaing]

this is horrible... anyone who plays violin needs to stop... your 'music' is the dying screams of a lamb... i hope you all take the strings off your violin and use them to make a noose for yourselves.. in 5 years this will be banned and you will all be breaking the law and you will regret disrespecting the lamb of god

[IcyStorm]

Most violin players use synthetic strings now. Almost no one uses gut strings.

[hamiltonz]

I trust you are a vegetarian?

[plasticgonads]

LOL!!

[xRawlins]

You sir, are fucking crazy, lmao.

The lambs were killed to eat, not for strings; the string makers ordered the guts from the butcher before they threw them a way. You would know this, if you actually watched the fucking video before you commented.

Unless you're a vegan and dislike the fact that lambs are killed regardless if they're guts are used for strings or not... in which case you're fucking TWICE as crazy and I hope you die of Salmonella from a bad tomato.

[TheAltoviol]

@xRawlins I´M TOTALLYY AGREE WITH YOU, I´M VEGAN AND I PLAY VIOLA. THERE´S A LOT OF OPTIONS TO MAKE ANCIENT MUSIC (WHERE THE GUT STRING ARE VERY USEFULL) WITH ANOTHER OPTIONS, LIKE THE PERLON STRINGS. THESE ONES GOT THE SAME ACOUSTIC AND INSTRUMENT RESPONSE OF TRDITIONAL GUT STRINGS, WITHOUT THE -NON DIRECT- RESPOSABILITY OF KILLING LAMBS AND ANOTHER ANIMALS (LIKE PORKS AND HORSES)

[kevinwburton]

@TheAltoviol OMFG LOL!!!!!!!!!!! PORKS

you realize pork comes from pigs right.....?

[ClockworkFacility1]

@TheAltoviol haha porks.

[jenikat]

Glad I started playing Celtic music... steel strings are much better for that :)

[Garuda1337]

they also do the same thing to make strings for tennis raquets. that's why they have "natural" vs "synthetic" gut strings.

[boomer4666]

didnt see that one commin

[entrancendental]

The strings are a lie.

[marchantseven]

If it aint baroque don't fix it....

[Nikoras]

suck it vegans

[Qber4life]

mmmm spaghetti, thanks reddit

[randallwhiteis]

after another good rinsing, it's time to add the ragu

[c433z]

You'd really have to love what you're doing to do this. Can you imagine individually cutting and packing all those strings?

[MrChris1125]

It looks like spaghetti :)

[Bach1Beethoven]

Your strings are made of gut, but is your violin a modern violin? Does we may call your violin, with gut strings, a baroque violin?

[Powdermonkey09]

I think hers was was baroque a better look at the finger board and neck will ultimately tell.

[pappyfiddle]

If you use metal strings on a very old violin, and tighten 'em way up, it'll be a b-roke violin

[IVlr3vil]

Interesting, but not quite accurate. Violins respond differently depending on what strings. Some violins would sound like crap with all gut strings. So it's best to try out different kinds for each. I tend to use a silver G, aluminum D and A and gold E.

And also decide on a tension. Heavy tension can be quite loud. Medium is for general use. Light has a warmer tone.

[nathandelaselva]

people doing historically-accurate period music would probably do gut.

but otherwise, +1

[tvanprooyen]

Wow i never knew that and i play Violin, but of corce i have metal strings.lol

[parychannel]

I...kind of....dident want to know that...

an animal lover shouldent play violin then??

I wonder

[JohnEstaque]

@parychannel hahaha! very true...and also... an animal lover should not enjoy the pleasure of eating too!! except vegetarian foods!

[jjlieb]

This is not true of ALL violin strings. As far as I know, the most commonly used strings are made of copper and aluminum. Gut strings are mostly for period instruments (replicas of what they would have been like in the 18th-19th century)

[swedishmeatbaII]

@parychannel Faggot.

[parychannel]

wtf is wrong with you i wasnt even talking to you

[Max0Inq]

Extremally interesting.

[PyramidHead2000]

Eww I never knew they made strings with lamb guts

[HaagenDazzle]

If you think that's gross read the fact at the very end at 5:21!

[goingnorthwest]

they still make lamb skin condoms for people that are allergic to latex

[Kimpermaans]

now we also know that not much violin players are vegetarian

[BarneySaysHi]

For violinplayers you could say: No guts, no glory.

[heartm3]

doesn't this make the strings easy to break??

[mizzyAt]

I thought that violin strings were made from horse hair!

[RandomStuff148]

That is the bow

[ybaudry]

no thats the hair on the bow (stick)

I've practiced violin for a few months, never did i think the strings were made out of sheep guts.

[Sviolinist]

Not all of them =). Only experienced players use gut. New violinists often use steel strings, or synthetic strings.

[frostycold111]

lol me too!

[GARY531]

that's the bow

[sori1004jyIsupportU]

the bow-hair is the horse hair

[symphoma]

stem cells should be used to grow these strings without killing an animal

[dmnxCGi]

the lambs are going to be slaughtered anyway for food. and this way they don't waste the intestines rather than throw them in the bin

[stacey675]

I swear, I thought violin strings was from horses....must've have been wrong though...

[TOMMASCRAWLEY]

makes you wonder how people came up with ideas like these.

like who goes through the remains of an animal and thinks ...

perfect new strings for my violin

[SnoringPetewashere]

Oh come on, they don't use guts anymore. They use nylon and whatnot.

[6LQ6]

Why do you say that? Some of the finest strings are made by Mimo Peruffo of the Aquila company in Italy and they're made from hand-wrapped gut. Many great violinists use gut strings still today, not to mention cellist, lute players and even yuke players. Gut strings are real and quite popular. I use them myself.

[sori1004jyIsupportU]

isn't it easy to break?

[Sviolinist]

The smaller gauges are. The gut strings that this man packaged are plain gut. They also make wound gut (gut strings that have a thin metal string wound around them). These wound are a bit more durable. When you get used to using gut, they can actually last quite a while.

[dontobeay]

actualy, it very elastic and they go out of tune a lot, but no they don't break, easier than other strings as far as i know

[Sviolinist]

Rofl, yes we do. We certainly do use them. There are many brands of gut and wound gut strings. I have gut strings on my violin right now.

[paganskinhead1]

@SnoringPetewashere

yes they do I make them for many plp.

[PeterDad60]

@SnoringPetewashere I use gut strings on 2 violins. They last a very long time, they sound better, and are easier to tune. Soon I will put gut strings on my other 2 violins when my very expensive Piastro strings break.

[chanchan84]

I wonder what my guts can make?

[BarneySaysHi]

Farts?

[chanchan84]

Sometimes, it makes liquid farts

[MQnoob]

At 1:25

I could imagine someone mistaking the stuff for spaghetti and eating it...

[windreaver6]

in the mood to eat lamb ._.

[rachiibuu]

Didn't expect that =/ I'm a vego.

[BayerLexan]

Slaughtering baby lambs makes good music? What irony.

[sieglines]

nahh we eat them then we get the music

[timothyngim]

This is fake. Most "lamb" meat nowadays are adult sheep. Just like shark fin soup nowadays doesn't harm the sharks....its made of crab meat and jelly.

[EvilHorrorFan]

Who first discovered that lamb guts make good violin strings?  o_O

[jasonxseo]

and cow gut

makes the best tennis strings

werid

[tobitadagon]

wasn't it cat?

[Manniegirl9988]

yeah I thought it was cat as well

[SuperStreet04]

o really thats where tennis strings come from..wow

[jasonxseo]

no not all tennis strings are made from cow intestine most strings are man made

but only few strings are made from cows

but they are really good and compatibly with other strings and not by it self

[siggyboss]

Wow I thought is just came from cotton or some other similar material.

[kinkyduffy]

AHHH!!!!! NOT WHILE IM EATING!!! LOL

[DxlilxD]

lol lambs are diein for us hahahahhaha...