Can You Tell When Strings Are About to Snap?

March 12, 2004 at 06:13 PM · Yes, your E is propably going to snap soon. It also means playing in tune gets almost impossible. I don't usually wait string to snap before I change them. They usually lose some tone quality much earlier.

Lauri

March 12, 2004 at 10:41 PM · Greetings,

Dominat strings do not last a year. Nor do others. If you don"t change your stringsenough you will develop intonation and bowing problems,

Cheers,

Buri

March 13, 2004 at 03:23 PM · I change strings between 2-3 months. At that point they have already lost most of their potential.

Lauri

March 13, 2004 at 04:12 PM · I change my strings every month, my strings barely last three weeks!!!, I use dominant for chamber music and practice, I use olives for recitals.(it saves me alot of money!!!)

March 13, 2004 at 07:59 PM · Was it Sevcik who lost an eye due to a snapping string? Since I heard that I've been very cautious about this.

March 13, 2004 at 10:02 PM · Greetings,

Susan, Sevcik had an inoperable Brain tumor for a number of years. I am not sure but I think that was probably the cause. If he had that and a string snap injury then he was evenmore cursed than the rest of use who have to slog through his books...or not,

Ask Mattias,

Cheers,

Buri

March 14, 2004 at 04:38 AM · The first tell-tale sign is often a black patch on a string. P.S. I've had Dominants on for over a year with no probs.

March 14, 2004 at 05:31 AM · Greetings,

on where?

Cheers,

Buri

March 14, 2004 at 06:19 AM · I've had my student strings on for 2 years and still haven't got them changed you'd think dominants would last longer, right?

March 14, 2004 at 07:08 AM · I've heard that roumor (sp)´about Sevcik to, but not any of his biographers mentions it so...

March 14, 2004 at 07:37 PM · Oh, that's kind of a relief then! I thought that had made him have such a harsh relationship with the violin. (Useful stuff though, when one's in a scientific mood)

March 15, 2004 at 12:31 AM · So would it be something that we should worry about? that have a snapping string while we're playing the violin and could possibly hurt our eyes?

I hope the answer is no :)

March 15, 2004 at 07:53 AM · The only time I've had a string snap was just before a concert, when I was backstage warming up, and I didn't have a spare.

March 15, 2004 at 07:45 PM · When I used to use Dominants, it seemed like the A's and D's would wear out quickly on my violin. One way I could tell that strings were going bad was that I was having problems keeping the individual string in tune. If I didn't change the string, then I would find the string broken along the fingerboard when I opened up my case the next day. Another sign that the string might break soon is that the winding on the string is unwinding, also along the fingerboard from wear. I never seem to have this problem with the G's and E's. Since I have used Zyex strings, I have had them on for a long time now and I haven't had any problems so far, though I should change them soon. I bought an Obligato A and E to try, and I'm hoping they hold up as well too (as well as sounding nice).