String I.D.

Guide

Some gut strings may not have a ball end but instead are
just tied off.
Many E strings will not have two colors on the tail end of
the string. The color will be usually be one of the two
shown.
The extra strips shown are known as "peg rings". These
are added to the silk wrapping on the peg end of the
string to indicate different gauges, sizes, or different
variations of the same string.
eg. A Heavygauge Helicore E string will not be blue/
yellow at the tail end, but instead just blue. The peg
end will not just be green, but also have an extra orange
wrapping on the end.

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Corelli
All E-strings

Alliance

Cantiga

Crystal

G
C
Heavy

Light

Solo

DAddario
Helicore

Kaplan E

Kaplan Amo

Kaplan Vivo

Prelude

Pro Art

Light

Silver D

Heavy

Zyex
Charm Violin

For-Tune

String 1 & Full Opal Set

Charm Cello

String 2

Charm Bass

String 3

Opal Viola

String 4
Bass Solo

Opal A
Kevlar

Opal A

Steel

Opal G

Hill
Thick

Thick

Jargar
Forte
Medium

Dolce

Dolce

All D
Silver

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Opal D

Opal C

Larsen

String 1

Strong

String 2

Medium

String 3

Soft

String 4

Tzigane
Virtuoso

Cello Crown

A
D

Soloist

Magnacore

Strong

Tzigane
Medium

G
C

Lenzner
Goldbrokat E

Heavy E

A-D-G

D
G

Overture (Shar)
Premium

Ultra
E
A
D
G
C

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Silver D

Soft

Virtuoso
Strong

Pirastro
No.1

Aricore

Chorda

Chromcor

Eudoxa

Evah Pirazzi

Aluminum
Silver

Evah Pirazzi Gold

Sizes

Flexacore

1/32 - 1/16

1/8 - 1/4

1/2 - 3/4

Gold
Obligato

Gauges
Stark

Oliv

Welch

Passione
Passione Solo

Piranito
Synoxa
Tonica

Passione Gauges
1

Violino

1D

Wondertone

Prim
E-A
Heavy

D
G
C

Super-Sensitive
Octava
Old Fiddler Line
Pinnacle
Red Label Pearl
Red Label
Sensicore
Stellar

E
E
E

Thin
Medium
Thick

A
D
G
C

Supreme

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Thomastik-Infeld
Dominant

Chrome Steel
Tin Plated

Light

Medium

Heavy

A
D
G
C
Infeld

Infeld Red
Infeld Blue

Infeld Blue & Infeld Red E

Infeld Red A-D-G

E
A
D
G

PI - Peter Infeld
E
E
E

Platinum
Tin
Gold

A
D
G
Spirit!
E
A
D
G

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Spirocore

Light

Przision

Medium
Heavy

Super Flexible

Light
Medium
Heavy
Heavy (Viola)

Vision

4/4 - 1/2 - 1/16

7/8 - 1/4 - 1/10

3/4 - 1/8
Heavy

Light

D
G

Solo

G
Ti Solo

Ti Orchestra

Violin
Viola

Warchal
Amber

String 1

Brilliant

String 1 forte

Brilliant Vintage

String 2

Karneol

String 3

Ametyst

String 4

Nefrit
Russian Style A
Avantgarde

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