Gamut Music, Inc. specializes in early music strings and handcrafted instruments made by Dan Larson, luthier, located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
The Gamut Music string workshop provides hand-made natural gut strings in many styles suitable for early music / historically informed performance and modern music performance practice.
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.
Most* Gamut Academie strings are designed for Baroque instruments by those musicians playing historical performance practice at a=415 tuning, and are perfectly suitable for modern a=440 practice, but the result will be a little bit more tension at a=440. (*Academie Renaissance lute, vihuela, classical guitar, and banjo strings are designed for a=440 tuning.) Tricolore violin and viola, and Red Diamond strings are designed for modern performance practice at a=440.
Hand-made Gamut Workshop instruments include guitars, violins, vihuelas, and Renaissance and Baroque lutes.
A mailing list is available which will keep those interested up to date with the instruments and strings available from Gamut Music. Occasional messages will include information about instruments for sale and special offers on strings. Go to our mail list sign up page to be placed on this mailing list.
Learn about the proper care and cleaning of Gamut natural gut strings.
Convert string gauges between Pirazzi-meter (Pirastro Measure; PM), thousandths of an inch, and millimeter.
Our string calculator can calculate the gauges of gut strings on almost any instrument with the provided mensur.
Order Timelines: It is always recommended to place orders well in advance — selected shipping has no bearing on how long your order will take in the string workshop.
International Customers: To save on shipping fees, check our list of Authorized Worldwide Dealers for a Gamut retailer near you!
Browse the FAQ/Articles section to learn about making gut strings, playing on gut strings, building historical instruments, and more.
Interested in an equal tension setup for your instrument? We offer string tension tables for many instruments.
Have a string-specific question? Need help selecting strings for your instrument? Contact us directly: support@gamutmusic.com.
Dan Larson featured on WDSE/WRPT PBS’ Making It Up North (April 2019).
Gamut Music Authorized String Dealers
CANADA:
The Sound Post
93 Grenville St
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Tel: (800) 363-1512
www.thesoundpost.com
FRANCE:
Artéka Store
108, Avenue Roger Salengro
F-91600 Savigny sur Orge
France
Tel: +33 6 85 81 59 70
www.artekastore.fr
Nicolas & Agnès Saumagne
Luthier-Archetière
609 Avenue Jean Jaurès
74 800 La-Roche-sur-Foron
France
Tel: +33 (0)4 50 25 86 62
www.atelier.saumagne.fr
GERMANY:
Alfredo Clemente
Atelier für Bögen und Streichinstrumente
Machabäerstraße 56
D-50668 Köln
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)221 510 3922
www.clementestrings.com
Paganino KG
Julius-Hölder-Str. 29c
70597 Stuttgart
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)711 22 00 9190
www.paganino.com
NETHERLANDS:
Berrie Hendriksen
Gangwerf 3A
1676 GA Twisk
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)6 1068 6422
www.devioolbouwer.nl
NORWAY:
Fiolinmaker Magnus Nedregård AS
Jacob Aallsgate 47B
0364 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 971 30412
www.nedregard.net
POLAND:
The Kraków Violin Making Workshop of Jan Pawlikowski
Krowoderska 39
31-141 Kraków
Poland
Tel: +48 12 423 43 05
www.pawlikowscy.com.pl
SPAIN:
Musicasa
C/ San Francisco de Sales
07004 Palma de Mallorca
Spain
Tel: +34 97 149 8299
www.musicasa.com
SWEDEN + EUROPEAN MAIL ORDER SERVICE:
Gabriel Musik / String King
Kronhjortsv. 10
448 34 Floda
Sweden
Tel: +46 734 310 782
www.shop.stringking.net
SWITZERLAND:
Christian Johannes Ganter Maestro Liutaio
Ganter Streichinstrumente
CH-4125 Riehen (Svizzera)
Burgstrasse 57
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)61 602 00 22
www.ganterstrings.com
UNITED KINGDOM:
Bridgewood & Neitzert
146 Stoke Newington Church St.
London, N16 0UH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 207 249 9398
www.bridgewoodandneitzert.london
J. P. Guivier
99 Mortimer St.
London, W1W 7SX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7580 2560
www.guivier.com
UNITED STATES:
ARIZONA
String Emporium
5561 W. Megan St.
Chandler, AZ 85226
Tel: (480) 705-9647
www.stringemporium.com
CALIFORNIA
Ifshin Violins
6420 Fairmount Ave.
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Tel: (510) 843-5466
www.ifshinviolins.com
Jade J. Schulz Violins
7748 Herschel Ave., Suite B
La Jolla, CA 92037
Tel: (858) 583-1284
www.jjsviolins.com
Penrose Strings / Nick Rail Music
2291 Ventura Blvd.
Camarillo, CA 93010
Tel: (805) 309-5933
www.nickrailmusic.com
COLORADO
Ross Double Bass
5455 W. 38th Ave., Unit F
Wheat Ridge, CO 80212
Tel: (720) 201-1738
www.rossdoublebass.com
ILLINOIS
Seman Violins
4447 Oakton St.
Skokie, IL 60076
Tel: (847) 674-0690
www.semanviolins.com
MICHIGAN
Pursell Lutherie
Bayberry Music Building
23430 Woodward Ave.
Ferndale, MI 48220
www.purselllutherie.com
NEW JERSEY
Gollihur Music, LLC
503 Fislerville Rd.
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062
Tel: (856) 292-3194
www.gollihurmusic.com
NEW YORK
Gabriela's Baroque
775 St. Nicholas Ave. (at the corner of 149th St.)
New York, NY 10031
Tel: (212) 491-6805
www.gabrielasbaroque.com
NEVADA
Lazar’s Early Music
3827 S. Carson St.
Carson City, NV 89701
Tel: (866) 551-2981
www.lazarsearlymusic.com
OREGON
Boulder Early Music Shop
2540 Woodland Dr.
Eugene, OR 97403
Tel: (800) 499-1301
www.bems.com
PENNSYLVANIA
Olde World Violins
3201 Mt. Royal Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15116-1407
Tel: (412) 628-4673
www.oldeworldviolins.com
VIRGINIA
Violins and More of Lynchburg
3200 Memorial Ave.
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Tel: (434) 845-2516
www.violinsandmoreoflynchburg.com
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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.
Gimped gut strings and custom gauged equal tension strings are gauged with the equivalent-gauge (=) system. This means that the gauge listed, such as =1.50mm, indicates that the string is approximately equal in weight to a plain gut string of that diameter. Of course, because the wire is much heavier than gut, the string will be much thinner than a plain gut string.
More information about Gamut gut strings, string types, gauges, and string tensions can be found on our FAQ/Articles page. Not finding an answer to your question? Please contact us directly: support@gamutmusic.com.