Maestro Strings Compared with Evah Pirazzi, Obligato, Larsen, Dominant

[berbentos]

Eva Pirazzi is overall the best. Judging by the E. Low strings are all good, different, more or less gritty, dark or projecting, but the A and E are problematic with Maestro.

[dadeboe]

WOW...I'm looking for strings and heard a professional play on Obligatos and loved them. Hear them hear and love them even more!!! They make the violin sound so mature! I have a newer violin (less than two years old) so that may be why I notice the difference.

[turidaisukiningen]

Evah Pirazzi is awesome.

U guys should try it.

[thesock339]

On This violin,

Pirazzi>Maestro

Pirazzi>Obligato

Pirazzi vs Larsen I couldn't really tell because of tuning.

Dominant loses to all of them.

[CUITKIN]

I love the Obligatos. Used to use Dominants but they seem to be different now somehow. 

[AchievingMyDreams]

He's out of tune for half of the string testings....

[thesock339]

@AchievingMyDreams That would be because of the break-in period for most strings.

[thesock339]

@AchievingMyDreams I take that back, he needs to play in tune to get a fair judging of the strings.

And no vibrato.

[nexus23de]

I am testing out these strings right now. They have a nice tone, are responsive, and not hard to play. They do feel a bit thin/cheap under my fingers, maybe because I am used to a little higher tension strings. The feel of the A string could be better. Summarized: they are pretty good for the price.

[ateljebobic]

With your way of playing it makes no difference even if you play Stardivarius violin or some Chinese can. Not to mention the strings...

[jehovahuponyou]

Evah Pirazzi ALL THE WAY AND HALF THE WAY BACK!

[ViolinPro88]

I have oligatos. I tend to like them. They have a darker tone on the lower strings. the gold e is amazing. It whistles if you strike it with speed but when played properly it is so sweet and delightful. I love it.

[DesiFuyuko]

I like the sound of Pirazzi and Larsen, so good! But they are so expensieve T_T

[mina7versace]

@DesiFuyuko after hearing everything I still like mostly the Pirazzi, which is the only brand I've consistently used the past 3 years, but I think I like the Maestro's E better, it doesn't lose its fullness on the high e.

[95Madara95]

maestro 01:06 pirazzi 01:44 obligato 02:28 larsen 03:06 dominant 03:32

[alohastar]

Stay away from this seller he is FRAUD ! , i order a set of Maestro strings , and never receive them , I e-mail him several times and never receive any answer or anything.

[bethoven110]

pelo que eu vi a larsen paresse ser a melhor

[danielmartinspedreir]

Please, what is his violin?

Thanks!

:D

[danielmartinspedreir]

the notes you play on E string?

Thanks!

:D

[DietrichLasa]

You can choose the same Goldbrokat E string with loop end. We carry both. Just send a note with your order to support [at] maestrosupplies [dot] com

[lolturtle13]

Can you remove the ball end from the E string for the Maestro set with the Goldbrokat? I have a violin with a loop fine tuner but I would like to try these strings. If not I guess I could still just remove the fine tuner.

[danielmartinspedreir]

@reginato77 Qual você achou melhor?

Tem uma corda chamada Pirastro Oliv que parece ser muito boa, sou leigo em violinos e não sei qual é a melhor... uma extridente deve ser a "evah pirazzi SOLO" e tem aqui no Brasil para comprar...

[danielmartinspedreir]

Very good, very good!

:D

[DietrichLasa]

Maestro Strings I recommend

[DietrichLasa]

We now sell Maestro Strings (G, D, A) together with the Goldbrokat E String.

[DietrichLasa]

We now sell Maestro Strings (G, D, A) together with the Goldbrokat E String.

[alohastar]

Are you selling a set of Maestro strings or just an e string ?



[boomer290]

What song is the intro... gaah I can't remember

[kschiavo]

l prefered the evah and obligatos on this particular violin... but l'm curious about the maestro.

there isn't out there for sale in Brazil though ):

[cbloom1991]

My violin is worth about £5000 pounds, what make of stings would you recommend??

Also my E string is always sharp/ and goes out of tune soooo annoying

[ZsoltMagyar]

@cbloom1991 well it has nothing to do on your E string it could be your pegs, wheater, humidity. You should go and ask a Luthier, if you have a 5k pounds violin maybe the one who sold you should gave you a list of strings that suits good on your violin also luthiers have tons of violin string brands and good recomendations for you

[kammermusiken]

Thanks for this test, projection in a big hall would be great to check as well. I did tests with rosin years ago (Liebenzeller compared to the mass brands - very interesting).

[zibob1000]

I'm thinking about buying the Giuseppe Marcello. But i was wondering if it is possible to change the tailpiece, pegs, and endpin of the violin?

[DietrichLasa]

@zibob1000 Sure, zibob1000. Recently I was asked to make a video of a concert featuring Ilya Konovalov, Concertmaster of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. I noted that he had a tail piece with integrated string adjusters on his Strad that he had inherited from Henrik Schering. If he thinks it's a good idea, then why should we pretend that we need to use more effort, risking wear and tear of the peg holes by using pegs for tuning when we could use fine tuners?

[DietrichLasa]

Good point, assa123assa123. In addition, there are many other factors that make this exercise only 'approximate', such as the quality of the microphone, the quality of the speakers, the quality of the recording - distance, sensitivity adjustment, acoustics in the room, the nature of that particular violin - it may work better with certain strings etc.

The point of this video is only to show that the distance between these inexpensive and known strings is much smaller now.

[assa123assa123]

In my opinion it might be not completely fair to compare new sets of strings. New strings tend to have harsher sound and many factors change with playing like grease and rosin particles that affect tone production and violin wood settling to hold particular strings pressure. Would be more fair to compare 'well played in' strings. and yet as the tension is different it also depends on the instrument which set sounds better.

[kammermusiken]

@assa123assa123 Thinking the same I still believe that as the strings are all new and all used under same circumstances you can hear slight differences. I would like to hear the same thing in a big room, though. This would  reveal the projection qualities and maybe overtone potential. I still believe gut strings have the most overtones of them all, because they are simply natural. Olive strings are great :) Maybe not for student's instruments.

[superswimster]

how would it sound? i wanna get evah pirazzi strings and then a gold e i use a german violin 18 cent

[zibob1000]

no, i mean is the e string in the video goldbrokat?

[DietrichLasa]

@zibob1000 Yes, in the video I am using the the Goldbrokat E string as I prefer it.

[zibob1000]

is the e string in the maestro strings goldbrokat?

[DietrichLasa]

@zibob1000 You can choose between the original E and Goldbrokat, it is the same price. I prefer the Goldbrokat E, made in Germany.

[zibob1000]

Would you prefer Maestro strings over Evah pirazzi, Obligato, Larsen, Dominant?

[DietrichLasa]

@zibob1000 If money doesn't matter any of the mentioned strings are ok. If money matters then I prefer to pay less and go for the Maestro Strings as the quality is comparable to the other brands, according to my opinion. I personally prefer to upgrade the E string to the Goldbrokat E string, and this option is available if you follow the link below the video.

[zibob1000]

so are maestro strings better than the other strings in loudness finesse and vibrato?

[DietrichLasa]

@zibob1000 Maestro Strings are very good value for money. There is no claim that they are better than any of the other strings in this video, but some musicians like Maestro Strings better than some of the other featured brands. At least we can say that Maestro Strings are an inexpensive alternative to those higher priced brands.

You mentioned 'vibrato.' The quality of the vibrato depends on the musician, not the string! However, Maestro Strings feels comfortable, and they 'speak' easily.