Pirastro Cello Strings
Pirastro Cello Strings
1. Evah Pirazzi Gold
- Overview: Evah Pirazzi Gold cello strings are known for their powerful, warm, and rich sound. These synthetic core strings provide excellent projection, making them ideal for soloists.
- Sound Characteristics: The tone is warm and full-bodied, with excellent depth and richness. These strings have strong projection and a smooth, clear sound across all registers, providing a well-rounded tonal palette.
- Use: Best suited for professional players, especially soloists, who need a string that offers a combination of warmth, richness, and power.
2. Evah Pirazzi Green
- Overview: Evah Pirazzi (Green) strings are powerful, bright, and designed for soloists. They are known for their brilliant sound and strong projection, making them a popular choice for players who need their sound to cut through in performance settings.
- Sound Characteristics: These strings produce a bright, brilliant tone with a clear focus and excellent projection. The dynamic range is wide, and the response is fast, making them ideal for complex and virtuosic playing.
- Use: Ideal for soloists who require power and brilliance in their sound, especially in large performance venues.
3. Passione
- Overview: Passione cello strings are gut core strings offering warmth, complexity, and modern playability. These strings combine the traditional tonal qualities of gut with modern stability and ease of use.
- Sound Characteristics: Passione strings deliver a rich, warm tone with complex overtones. The sound is deep and full, with excellent resonance and dynamic range. Despite being gut strings, they offer better tuning stability than traditional gut strings.
- Use: Suited for players who love the warm and complex sound of gut strings but need more stability in tuning and performance.
4. Olive
- Overview: Olive strings are gut core strings known for their deep, rich tone and complex overtones. They are particularly favoured by baroque and early music players for their authentic sound.
- Sound Characteristics: Olive strings provide a deep, complex tone with rich overtones and warmth. The sound is nuanced and full, with a vintage character that is highly expressive.
- Use: Ideal for baroque players or those seeking a traditional gut sound with a complex tonal structure.
5. Eudoxa
- Overview: Eudoxa cello strings are traditional gut strings that offer a warm, round tone. They are known for their soft feel under the fingers and their warm, mellow sound, making them a classic choice for many players.
- Sound Characteristics: Eudoxa strings produce a warm, round tone with a soft, subtle character. They are less bright and powerful than modern synthetic strings but offer a beautiful, vintage sound.
- Use: Suited for players who prefer a more traditional, mellow sound. They are especially favoured by those playing classical or baroque repertoire.
6. Perpetual
- Overview: Perpetual is one of the newest additions to Pirastro’s string lineup. These synthetic core strings are known for their brilliant projection, power, and fast response. They are designed to meet the needs of modern cellists.
- Sound Characteristics: Perpetual strings deliver a clear, focused, and brilliant sound with strong projection. They offer excellent power and a fast, direct response, making them ideal for virtuosic playing and complex passages.
- Use: Ideal for players looking for a bright, powerful sound with quick response, particularly suited to solo performances.