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Specification
Brand : Academie
BulletPoint1 : Genuine beef gut single-length string
BulletPoint2 : Medium gauge 2.90mm
BulletPoint3 : Warm, powerful tone
BulletPoint4 : Individually packaged in reclosable bag
BulletPoint5 : Bass tone like it used to be
ExternallyAssignedProductIdentifier1 : 0857092006270
ExternallyAssignedProductIdentifier2 : 857092006270
FinishType : Polished
Instrument : Contra Bass
ItemName : Academie Contra Bass d-2 Pistoy Gut Medium Gauge
ItemPackageDimensions_Height : 0.3 inches
ItemPackageDimensions_Length : 8 inches
ItemPackageDimensions_Width : 8 inches
ItemPackageQuantity : 1
ItemTypeKeyword : string-bass-strings
Manufacturer : Gamut Music, Inc.
PartNumber : A4222
ProductDescription :

These strings are usually used on Baroque instruments by those musicians playing historical performance practice. Consequently, the gauges are set to the pitch of a=415. The tone is full and warm with a powerful fundamental and complex, pleasing upper partials.

This is a single-length (80", 200cm), double twist, Pistoy-style contrabass (double bass) string made with beef serosa.

The string comes with plain, unknotted ends. Instructions on how to tie a string knot are on the back of each package.

The Pistoy string is a unique development of Daniel Larson at Gamut Music. It is named for the town in Italy which was famous for producing the best string for basses, being "flexible, smooth, and well twisted." Our reproduction is made of three strands of gut twisted in one direction, and then the three combined together by twisting in the other direction in rope fashion. When dry, the string is polished down to the specific gauge required by the instrument. The results are a very flexible string with a quick response and a full, round sound. The string is characterized by a noticeable twist and flexible feel.

This is not a polished catline as some think. At first glance this might look like such a thing. However, the Pistoy is fundamentally a different kind of string. It shares one trait with the catline in that the string is made with two directions of twists. This is where the similarity ends. The Pistoy has no space in the structure like the catline does, and therefore has the same density as any plain gut string. The Pistoy string is expensive to make because it takes a lot of time to sort the gut into small bundles to twist and retwist. The gain is in the flexibility. Even in thick gauges the string remains supple and responsive. The color ranges from clear white on thinner strings (1.00mm to 1.10mm) to opaque yellow on thicker strings.

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Hand-made in the USA by Gamut Music, Inc., a leader in the revival of early music strings and instruments. Gut strings are not intended to be used with fine tuners or string adjusters, and those devices should be removed before installing the gut string on the instrument.

All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef serosa unless they specifically say "Sheep Gut." All pure gut Tricolore violin and viola strings are made with sheep gut; gut/metal-wound Tricolore and all Red Diamond strings are made with beef serosa.

Gamut gut string gauges are approximate (≈) diameter. Meaning, that while a ≈0.60mm string is polished in the workshop to a diameter of 0.60mm, changes in ambient humidity, temperature, shipping, and storage conditions can cause to string to expand or contract slightly.

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