Pirastro Chorda Bass Viol 7th/A Wound String Gauge:Heavy Facsimile of Alberti's Opus 2

Facsimile of Alberti's Opus 2 Sonatas for violin and continuo published in Bologna

Two of the most widely respected wind instrument makers in the Germany of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were Johann Christoph Denner and his son Jacob

for 2 Viols

Cantata for soprano

Pirastro Chorda Bass Viol 7th/A Wound String Gauge:Heavy Facsimile of Alberti's Opus 2Length: Single Type: Plain gut Medium Gauge: 39 PM Heavy Gauge: 39 1 2PM Pirastro's Chorda strings are authentic strings for baroque instruments. They have a low string tension for a comfortable left hand feeling. The metal wound strings which we use today did not start to be developed until the middle of the 17th century, at the time of Stradivarius. To offer you this authentic stringing at todays high quality Pirastro have reconstructed these