Comments on: Violino Piccolo http://blog.markwshead.com/20/violino-piccolo/ Mark's thoughts on being Mark Shead and other random subjects Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Shead http://blog.markwshead.com/20/violino-piccolo/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Mark Shead Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:33:30 +0000 http://blog.markwshead.com/archives/2005/01/06/violino-piccolo.html#comment-685 Interesting. So do you feel the tone is significantly different than you'd get just playing the part with a regular violin? Interesting. So do you feel the tone is significantly different than you’d get just playing the part with a regular violin?

]]> By: Oscar Wehmanen http://blog.markwshead.com/20/violino-piccolo/comment-page-1/#comment-684 Oscar Wehmanen Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:35:06 +0000 http://blog.markwshead.com/archives/2005/01/06/violino-piccolo.html#comment-684 I have found strings for a 4/4 violin that permit tuning up a minor third (Brandedburg 1) e" D'Aderioo guitar string Diameter 0.008 in. Material Steel. a', d' g Supersensitive Sensicore Viola (17"/18") strings. These strings permit tuning to g'', c'', f', bb up a minor third, Violin in Eb. Let the violin settle for a while before rejecting the set-up. I have found strings for a 4/4 violin that permit tuning up a minor third (Brandedburg 1)
e” D’Aderioo guitar string Diameter 0.008 in. Material Steel.
a’, d’ g Supersensitive Sensicore Viola (17″/18″) strings.

These strings permit tuning to g”, c”, f’, bb up a minor third, Violin in Eb.

Let the violin settle for a while before rejecting the set-up.

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