The Toro family, from the city of Salle, province of Pescara in the region of Abruzzo, Italy, has been manufacturing high quality gut strings since 1965. Today, these hand made strings are produced by the Toro Brothers and their artisans using the very best techniques.
Our aim, supported by constant research and painstaking esperimentations, is to offer natural gut strings produced by modern technologies respecting the ancient Italian Salle stringmakers‘ tradition to reach the magic sound that only gut, among all materials, can achieve.
The Toro family produces gut strings with the strictest respect to historical authenticity with the aim of recovering the typical proportions and materials of the gut strings in use in the past.
The instruments particularly used in the above mentioned musical material are: violin, viola, cello, double bass, pardessus, tenor viol, treble viol, bass viol, Baroque and Renaissance bass viol, violone, lutes and classical guitar, theorbos.
Toro Gut Strings
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TORO 'Venice' Typ (Katline) Montone gut string (Ram / Schafbock), 120 cm13.15 CHF - 34.26 CHF
Stringing of bowed instruments / Besaitung von Streichinstrumenten
Anhand nachfolgender Tabellen können Sie sich einen Saitensatz von TORO ganz individuell nach Ihren Vorstellungen zusammenstellen. Mit dem Bestellformular können Sie Ihre Zusammenstellung übermitteln.
Using the following tables, you can put together a set of TORO strings according to your individual preferences. You can submit your selection using the order form.
VIOLINE |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 120 cm. 3rd and 4th wound length: 60 cm |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
e“ |
ram or ox gut |
54-56 |
58-60 |
62-64 |
a‘ |
ram or ox gut |
72-74 |
76-79 |
82-85 |
a‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
72-74 |
76-79 |
82-85 |
d‘ |
ram or ox gut |
102-104 |
106-108 |
110-112 |
d‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
102-104 |
106-108 |
110-112 |
d‘ |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
g |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
VIOLA |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 140 cm. 3rd and 4th wound length: 70 cm |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
a‘ |
ram or ox gut |
72-74 |
76-79 |
82-85 |
a‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
72-74 |
76-79 |
82-85 |
d‘ |
ram or ox gut |
102-104 |
106-108 |
110-112 |
d‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
102-104 |
106-108 |
110-112 |
g |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
c |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
CELLO |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 120 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
a |
ram or ox gut |
116 |
120 |
124 |
a |
double twist VENICE type |
116 |
120 |
124 |
d |
ram or ox gut |
150 |
155 |
160 |
d |
double twist VENICE type |
150 |
155 |
160 |
G |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
C |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
DOUBLE BASS |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 180 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
G |
ram or ox gut |
230 |
240 |
250 |
G |
double twist VENICE type |
230 |
240 |
250 |
D |
ram or ox gut |
280 |
300 |
320 |
D |
double twist VENICE type |
280 |
300 |
320 |
AA |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
EE |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
PARDESSUS (Viola da Gamba) |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 120 cm. Lenght of wound strings: 70 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
g“ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
42 |
44 |
d“ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
54 |
56 |
a‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
73 |
76 |
f‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
88 |
91 |
f‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
88 |
91 |
c‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
120 |
128 |
c‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
120 |
128 |
c‘ |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
g |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
TREBLE VIOLA (Viola da Gamba) |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 140 cm. Lenght of wound strings: 70 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
d“ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
56 |
62 |
a‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
73 |
76 |
e‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
97 |
104 |
e‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
97 |
104 |
c‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
120 |
128 |
c‘ |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
120 |
128 |
g |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
d |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
TENOR VIOLA (Viola da Gamba) |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 120 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
g‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
62 |
66 |
d‘ |
ram or ox gut |
— |
85 |
88 |
a |
ram or ox gut |
— |
112 |
116 |
a |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
112 |
116 |
f |
ram or ox gut |
— |
140 |
145 |
f |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
140 |
145 |
c |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
G |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
BAROQUE AND RENAISSANCE BASS VIOLA (Viola da Gamba) |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 120 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
d‘ |
ram or ox gut |
68-70 |
72-74 |
76-78 |
a |
ram or ox gut |
88-90 |
92-94 |
96-98 |
e |
ram or ox gut |
116 |
120 |
124 |
e |
double twist VENICE type |
116 |
120 |
124 |
c |
ram or ox gut |
150 |
155 |
160 |
c |
double twist VENICE type |
150 |
155 |
160 |
G |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
D |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
A |
silver wound |
light |
medium |
heavy |
VIOLONE |
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Tension (Diameter) – Length: 180 cm. |
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Key |
Type |
Light |
Medium |
Heavy |
d |
ram or ox gut |
— |
140 |
145 |
d |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
140 |
145 |
A |
ram or ox gut |
— |
185 |
190 |
A |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
185 |
190 |
E |
ram or ox gut |
— |
250 |
260 |
E |
double twist VENICE type |
— |
250 |
260 |
C |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
GG |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |
DD |
silver wound |
— |
medium |
heavy |