The modern cello wound gut string that has a uniquely brilliant sound with unexceeded ability of modulation and big tonal volume.

The Pirastro Eudoxa cello strings are made out of hand wound and polished sheep gut cores. They produce an inspirational warm sound with enormous possibilities. This is a low tension string with excellent responsiveness. Altering the gauge by 1/2 PM changes the tension by 4%.

Super Sensitive Red Label cello strings, made on a solid core, are an economical choice for students and music programs. Red label cello strings offer a bright and powerful sound as well as durability. 

Tone: Bright and powerful

Playability: Responsive

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Thomastik-Infeld Superflexible cello strings, made of a steel rope core, offer power and durability while facilitating left-hand playing with a more flexible feel under the fingers. These strings are among the most harmonically complex strings produced by Thomastik and are known to reduce stiffness through improved elasticity. Superflexible strings are known for their durability and excellent tuning stability, similar to Thomastik-Infeld Spirocore, with greater sweetness of sound.

The sheep gut core of the Pirastro Gold strings is manufactured, wound and polished in the traditional way, by hand. They produce a bright gut sound with a quick response. The A and D strings are wound with aluminum, and the G and C strings are wound with silver. The A string has a ball end and the D, G, and C strings have knot ends. 

Pirastro Obligato cello strings have an ample amount of depth and warmth, with more clarity and projection than most strings designed to "warm up" a bright instrument. The advances made by Pirastro's multifilament core allow Obligato cello strings to surpass their gut-core counterparts.

Tone: Deep and warm with clarity and brilliance

Playability: Ease of playing for the left hand

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Pirastro Obligato cello string composition:

A string: Chrome steel over steel

D string: Chrome steel over synthetic

G string: Tungsten over synthetic

C string: Tungsten over synthetic

Recommended rosin: Pirastro Cello

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Pirastro Piranito cello strings are a high quality, student string. Made of a solid steel core with a chrome steel winding. They do not have the metallic harshness found in other student level steel strings.

Tone: Bright without metallic harshness

Playability: Very responsive

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Pirastro Piranito cello string composition:

• A string: Chrome steel over steel
• D string: Chrome steel over steel
• G string: Chrome steel over steel
• C string: Chrome steel over steel

Recommended rosin: Pirastro Cello

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Pirastro Evah Pirazzi cello strings have been developed with a new and modern steel core exclusive to Pirastro Evah Pirazzi string line. Offering unparalleled power and focus, Evah Pirazzi cello strings features depth and warmth with impressive harmony across the strings and enables the musician to express freely in every dynamic range without any loss of tone or stability.

Tone: Great power and nuance

Playability: Highly responsive while maintaining ease of playability

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Pirastro Evah Pirazzi cello string composition:

• A string: Chrome steel over steel
• D string: Chrome steel over steel
• G string: Tungsten over wire
• C string: Tungsten over wire

Recommended rosin is Pirastro Cello rosin.

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Pirastro Passione cello strings, the latest innovation in Pirastro's gut string line, have a greater tuning stability than other gut strings on the market. Pirastro Passione cello strings have complex overtones as well as more brilliance and projection. The A and D have a steel core. The G and C are hand wound on a core of polished sheep's gut.

Tone: Warm complex overtones while maintaining brilliance and clarity

Playability: Easy response on at all dynamic levels

Stability: Quicker break in time and greater tuning stability than other gut strings on the market

Pirastro Passione cello string composition:

A string: Chrome-steel over steel

D string: Chrome-steel over steel

G string: Chrome-Steel over gut

C string: Tungsten over gut

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Recommended rosin is Pirastro Cello rosin.

Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Soloist cello strings offer increased power and focus. The Soloist A and D have more brilliance; the G and C have a more pronounced core sound. Both Evah Pirazzi cello and Evah Pirazzi Soloist cello strings feature depth and warmth with impressive harmony across the strings.

Tone: Great power and nuance

Playability: Highly responsive while maintaining ease of playability

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Soloist cello string composition:

A string: Chrome steel over steel

D string: Chrome steel over steel

G string: Tungsten over wire

C string: Tungsten over wire

Recommended rosin: Pirastro Cello

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Pirastro's Permanent and Permanent Solo cello strings are the steel string of choice for soloist playing! The A and D strings have a core made from a single filament of high-tensile steel and are wound with chrome steel. The G and C strings have a rope core wound with tungsten. The A and D strings are brilliant and bright sounding. The G and C strings provide a warm and powerful sound and have a short decay.

Pirastro Chromcor cello strings are a popular choice for musicians seeking volume and clarity. A solid steel core wound with chrome steel produces a cello string with clarity, brightness and quick response.

Tone: Bright and clear

Playability: Very responsive

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Pirastro Chromcor cello string composition:

A string: Chrome steel over steel

D string: Chrome steel over steel

G string: Chrome steel over steel

C string: Chrome steel over steel

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Recommended rosin: Pirastro Cello Rosin.

The Pirastro Chromcor Plus cello strings produce a slightly darker tone than the original Chromcor strings. The A and D strings have a slightly bright sound, while the G and C strings have a warm sound with a short decay. These strings are very responsive, give a large tonal volume, and have exceptional tuning stability and immediate playability. 

Thomastik-Infeld Belcanto cello strings respond easily and effectively to the cellist's most subtle musical impulses. Belcanto cello strings sound the ideal mix of powerful brilliance with warmth, while producing rich overtones.  

(For cellists who have a nickel sensitivity, the Belcanto Gold cello strings are made of a nickel-free alloy!)

The bright and projecting sound of Belcanto strings works in perfect combination with the warmer Belcanto Gold cello strings. While the original Belcantos produce brilliance and clarity, Belcanto Gold cello strings offer warmth and breadth. Both sets are designed with synthetic cores of identical tension to offer the musician the ease of making a mix-and-match set between Belcanto and Belcanto Gold.

Thomastik-Infeld Belcanto Gold cello strings produce a lush, warm sound, rich with complex overtones. Belcanto Gold strings respond easily and effectively to the cellist's most subtle musical impulses.

In addition, The Belcanto Gold cello strings are made of a nickel-free alloy for musicians who have a nickel sensitivity.

The warmth and breadth of Belcanto Gold cello strings work in perfect combination with the bright and projecting sound of the original Belcanto cello strings. Both sets are designed with synthetic cores of identical tension to offer the musician the ease of making a mix-and-match set between Belcanto and Belcanto Gold.

Corelli Steel cello strings are aimed at beginning and intermediate musicians. The A, D and G strings are wound over a solid steel core; the C is wound over a rope core. The Corelli Steel cello strings produce a bright and powerful sound with consistent pitch stability.

Tone: Bright and strong

Playability: Responsive

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Corelli Steel cello string composition:

A string: Aluminum over steel rope

D string: Silver tungsten over steel rope

G string: Silver tungsten over steel rope

C string: Silver tungsten over steel rope

Thomastik-Infeld Dominant cello strings are among the brightest cello strings produced by Thomastik. Their pure, clean sound have led them to become one of the most popular sets of strings among musicians of all levels.

Made with a Perlon synthetic core, Dominant cello strings boast a bright, clear sound that is rich with overtones. Their durability and excellent tuning stability make Thomastik Dominant cello strings a popular choice for students and professionals alike.

The brightness of the Dominant C and G strings combine perfectly with the warmer, mellow sound of the Jargar D and A strings to balance the low with high registers of an instrument. To explore Dominant/Jargar mixed sets, Click Here.

Tone: Warmth with clarity

Playability: Very responsive

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Thomastik-Infeld Dominant cello string composition:

A string: Chrome over perlon

D string: Chrome over perlon

G string: Chrome over perlon or Silver over perlon

C string: Chrome over perlon or Silver over perlon

D'Addario Helicore cello strings have a small diameter and are made on a braided wire core. They offer a warm, rich sound that's remarkably similar to gut or synthetic core strings. Unlike gut, however, their all-metal construction renders them impervious to fluctuations in humidity and temperature. Helicore strings have a multi-strand high-carbon steel core that produces flexible response and range. The core is overlaid with exotic alloy windings that provide extremely quick bow response and outstanding projection. The end result is a versatile string with very long playing life that is extremely stable under all playing conditions. These cello strings offer the musician an even, focused sound with warmth and projection. Helicore cello strings are popular with many musicians for their quick response and articulation.

Tone: Warmest of steel strings

Playability: Responsive and articulate

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

D'Addario Helicore cello string set composition:

• A string: Titanium over steel rope
• D string: Titanium over steel rope
• G string: Tungsten Silver over steel rope
• C string: Tungsten Silver over steel rope

D'Addario's Helicore cello high E string is also available. 

• High E: Aluminum Alloy over steel rope

D'Addario Prelude cello strings are an economical choice for students and school programs. Prelude cello strings have a solid core that makes them durable and very stable in pitch.

Tone: Warm and strong

Playability: Responsive

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

D'Addario Prelude cello string composition:

A string: Nickel over steel

D string: Aluminum over steel

G string: Nickel over steel

C string: Nickel over steel

Jargar Classic cello strings are made in Denmark and feature a flexible solid steel core. A professional quality string. Jargar cello A and D are considered to be top sellers among cellists.

Tone: Bright and sweet

Playability: Responsive with ease for the left hand

Stability: Virtually resistant to climate and temperature change

Jargar Classic cello string composition:

A string: Alloy over steel

D string: Alloy over steel

G string: Alloy over steel or Silver over steel

C string: Alloy over steel or Silver over steel

For greater power and projection, consider the Jargar "Special" Cello Strings (A and D strings only).