Evah Pirazzi vs Obligato?

[Janet]

Has anyone here tries these strings? My son has been using Obligatos for the
last few years, but he said he was thinking of giving the Evahs a whirl.
They are slightly more horribly expensive than the Obligatos...I was
thinking of giving him a set for Christmas. While I'm at it, anyone have any
opinion of the steel E vs the gold?

[Carl Witthoft]

Post by Janet
Has anyone here tries these strings? My son has been using Obligatos for the
last few years, but he said he was thinking of giving the Evahs a whirl.
They are slightly more horribly expensive than the Obligatos...I was
thinking of giving him a set for Christmas. While I'm at it, anyone have any
opinion of the steel E vs the gold?

For what instrument?


I've tried the EvahP A string for cello. It was powerful and bright.
The EvahP D string I didn't like much.

[Janet]

Post by Carl Witthoft

Post by Janet
Has anyone here tries these strings? My son has been using Obligatos
for the last few years, but he said he was thinking of giving the
Evahs a whirl. They are slightly more horribly expensive than the
Obligatos...I was thinking of giving him a set for Christmas. While
I'm at it, anyone have any opinion of the steel E vs the gold?

For what instrument?

Sorry--the violin.

[djb]

Post by Janet
Has anyone here tries these strings? My son has been using Obligatos for the
last few years, but he said he was thinking of giving the Evahs a whirl.
They are slightly more horribly expensive than the Obligatos...I was
thinking of giving him a set for Christmas. While I'm at it, anyone have any
opinion of the steel E vs the gold?

You didn't say *why* he wants to change. Brighter sound? Mellower
sound? Boredom? Seems to me that it makes no sense to change strings
unless you know what you are trying to achieve.

Johnson Strings is near me. They let me trial multiple strings in
their shop before choosing a set. Maybe you could do the same at a
shop near you.

Dave

[Janet]

Post by djb

Post by Janet
Has anyone here tries these strings? My son has been using Obligatos
for the last few years, but he said he was thinking of giving the
Evahs a whirl. They are slightly more horribly expensive than the
Obligatos...I was thinking of giving him a set for Christmas. While
I'm at it, anyone have any opinion of the steel E vs the gold?

You didn't say *why* he wants to change. Brighter sound? Mellower
sound? Boredom? Seems to me that it makes no sense to change strings
unless you know what you are trying to achieve.
Johnson Strings is near me. They let me trial multiple strings in
their shop before choosing a set. Maybe you could do the same at a
shop near you.
Dave

I think he wants a bolder, brighter sound. Obligatos seem to lend themselves
well to playing second violin in a string quartet, while Evahs have the aura
of a soloist. <G> How they would actually sound on his particular instrument
is another matter. It certainly sounds better with Obligatos than with
Dominants, for example. Trying them would certainly help. Unfortunately, the
music store in his college town doesn't carry Obligatos OR Evah
Pirazzis.Maybe over Christmas vacation we will find ourselves in the Boston
area and will drop by Johnson. We usually buy strings from them by mail,
anyway.

[Roland Hutchinson]

Post by Janet

Post by djb

Post by Janet
Has anyone here tries these strings? My son has been using Obligatos
for the last few years, but he said he was thinking of giving the
Evahs a whirl. They are slightly more horribly expensive than the
Obligatos...I was thinking of giving him a set for Christmas. While
I'm at it, anyone have any opinion of the steel E vs the gold?

You didn't say *why* he wants to change. Brighter sound? Mellower
sound? Boredom? Seems to me that it makes no sense to change strings
unless you know what you are trying to achieve.
Johnson Strings is near me. They let me trial multiple strings in
their shop before choosing a set. Maybe you could do the same at a
shop near you.
Dave

I think he wants a bolder, brighter sound. Obligatos seem to lend
themselves well to playing second violin in a string quartet, while Evahs
have the aura of a soloist. <G> How they would actually sound on his
particular instrument is another matter. It certainly sounds better with
Obligatos than with Dominants, for example. Trying them would certainly
help. Unfortunately, the music store in his college town doesn't carry
Obligatos OR Evah Pirazzis.Maybe over Christmas vacation we will find
ourselves in the Boston area and will drop by Johnson. We usually buy
strings from them by mail, anyway.

I have some experience (not too extensive) of trying Evahs on both violin
and viola. It sounds like you are barking up the right tree, assuming your
son is committed to playing on plastic strings.

[Janet]

Post by Roland Hutchinson
I have some experience (not too extensive) of trying Evahs on both
violin and viola. It sounds like you are barking up the right tree,
assuming your son is committed to playing on plastic strings.

You mean as opposed to gut?

[Roland Hutchinson]

Post by Janet

Post by Roland Hutchinson
I have some experience (not too extensive) of trying Evahs on both
violin and viola. It sounds like you are barking up the right tree,
assuming your son is committed to playing on plastic strings.

You mean as opposed to gut?

As opposed to gut or metal-core, yes.

[Janet]

Post by Roland Hutchinson

Post by Janet

Post by Roland Hutchinson
I have some experience (not too extensive) of trying Evahs on both
violin and viola. It sounds like you are barking up the right tree,
assuming your son is committed to playing on plastic strings.

You mean as opposed to gut?

As opposed to gut or metal-core, yes.

Well, we bought a set of Evahs and they sound really great, especially in a
larger space.

The gentleman at the store mentioned a new kind of string with a gut core
called something like Apassionata (?). Apparently even pricier than
Obligatos and Evahs, but something that solves some of the stability issues
of gut while retaining its sound quality. But at a reported $100 or so per
set they had better be transcendent! <G>

[Roland Hutchinson]

Post by Janet

Post by Roland Hutchinson

Post by Janet

Post by Roland Hutchinson
I have some experience (not too extensive) of trying Evahs on both
violin and viola. It sounds like you are barking up the right tree,
assuming your son is committed to playing on plastic strings.

You mean as opposed to gut?

As opposed to gut or metal-core, yes.

Well, we bought a set of Evahs and they sound really great, especially in
a larger space.
The gentleman at the store mentioned a new kind of string with a gut core
called something like Apassionata (?). Apparently even pricier than
Obligatos and Evahs, but something that solves some of the stability
issues of gut while retaining its sound quality. But at a reported $100 or
so per set they had better be transcendent! <G>

Yes they had! They are quite new (and not yet out for viola the last time I
looked). I don't know anyone who has tried them.

[m***@gmail.com]

Post by Janet

Post by Roland Hutchinson

Post by Janet

Post by Roland Hutchinson
I have some experience (not too extensive) of trying Evahs on both
violin and viola.  It sounds like you are barking up the right tree,
assuming your son is committed to playing on plastic strings.

You mean as opposed to gut?

As opposed to gut or metal-core, yes.

Well, we bought a set of Evahs and they sound really great, especially in
a larger space.
The gentleman at the store mentioned a new kind of string with a gut core
called something like Apassionata (?). Apparently even pricier than
Obligatos and Evahs, but something that solves some of the stability
issues of gut while retaining its sound quality. But at a reported $100 or
so per set they had better be transcendent! <G>

Yes they had!  They are quite new (and not yet out for viola the last time I
looked).  I don't know anyone who has tried them.
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When i bought my viola, the people we bought it from said evah
pirazzis were too bright for the instrument... is bright a good thing?

[Janet]

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When i bought my viola, the people we bought it from said evah
pirazzis were too bright for the instrument... is bright a good thing?

My understanding is that it depends. If you are playing as a violin soloist,
often bright is a good thing. If you are trying to blend in a string
quartet, maybe not.

It also depends how a particular string sounds on your particular
instrument.

[Roland Hutchinson]

Post by Janet

Post by m***@gmail.com
When i bought my viola, the people we bought it from said evah
pirazzis were too bright for the instrument... is bright a good thing?

My understanding is that it depends. If you are playing as a violin
soloist, often bright is a good thing. If you are trying to blend in a
string quartet, maybe not.
It also depends how a particular string sounds on your particular
instrument.

It depends also on what you prefer as a sound.

The opposite of "bright" is "dark" -- everyone at least agrees on that much!

[b***@gmail.com]

It's probably Passione, not appassionata.