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bgd...@charter.net

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Jun 14, 2012, 10:09:52 AM6/14/12
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Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I've tried Olympic, but they aren't responding to my emails.  
Is there another string that's comparable to the Savarez, that's a little more available that anyone knows about?  I guess my question is, what brands are other people using?
I've only had my gurdy for a few months and want backup strings.

Thanks for any help,
Belinda

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    Belinda Daughtry <bgd...@charter.net> Jun 13 08:04AM -0500  

    Does anyone know of a good source for Savarez strings in the U.S.?
     
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    Barbara Currier <barbara...@gmail.com> Jun 13 08:40AM -0700  

    I get my mine from Olympic Instruments, i.e. Alden and Cali.
     
    Barbara
     

     

    Bruno Fournier <br...@estavel.org> Jun 13 12:02PM -0400  

    I communicate directly with the french rep for my lute strings, being that
    only SAVAREZ guitar strings are readily available in Canada, but not the
    other types of strings. They have always sent to me directly without any
    problems, I would imagine for HG it would be sensibly the same procedure:
     
    Philippe Durand
    SAVAREZ SA
    5, Avenue Barthélémy Thimonnier
    69643 Caluire et Cuire
    FRANCE
    Tel : (33) 04.37.40.32.00
    Fax : (33) 04.37.40.32.10
    email : sava...@aol.com
     
    I'm sure you can write to them in english, every french businessman speaks
    english, being unfortunately the language of business....
     
    Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
    Montreal, Canada
     
     
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    "J.F. \"Maxou\" HEINTZEN" <maxou.h...@orange.fr> Jun 13 06:05PM +0200  

    Hi folks,
     
    may be I'm late in this topic, but we had some problems with SAVAREZ strings one year ago. They changed the way to make it : they asked to someone else to make it under their name.
    Jean-Claude BOUDET told me that with some SAVAREZ brh 68, 71 ou 74, it's sometimes impossible to put the cotton, even with rosin. He had to use some abrasive paper on the string at the place where the cotton must be put.
    The people from SAVAREZ didn't admit the fact, but later they recognised they use a subcontractor. May be they try several differents, now, they are making the strings in Germany, where JC Boudet is buying the strings he uses.
     
    If some SAVAREZ strings look strange, ry some abrasive paper (gently !)
    and keep on turning !
    Maxou
     
    J.F. "Maxou" HEINTZEN
    le bourg
    03360 Valigny
    04.70.66.60.01 / 06.87.43.63.65
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    Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 5:55 PM
    Subject: Re: [HG-new] Savarez strings
     
     
    If Cali and Alden (Olympic) are still selling strings, they'd definitely be the best bet.
     
    Otherwise, I don't think you can get Savarez gut strings in the US. The only other practical way I know of to buy them is from Arpeges in Paris. Here's the Savarez strings page from their website: http://www.arpeges.fr/instruments/CORDES-19/CORDES-491/CORDES-INSTRUMENT-ANCIEN-1382/. And here's the email: arp...@arpeges.fr. As I recall, there are some salespeople there who speak good English, although I normally communicate with them in French. The Arpeges folks are very efficient and friendly...the only downside to buying your Savarez strings from them is the painful French export duty on sales to countries outside of France...so be forewarned.
     
    Mitch Gordon
     
     
     
    barbara...@gmail.com writes:
    I get my mine from Olympic Instruments, i.e. Alden and Cali.
     
    Barbara
     
     
    On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Belinda Daughtry <bgd...@charter.net> wrote:
     
    Does anyone know of a good source for Savarez strings in the U.S.?
     
    Sent from my iPad
     
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Melvin Dorries

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Jun 14, 2012, 10:35:42 AM6/14/12
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Greetings Belinda,
 
We sell a complete line of HG gut strings and keep most in stock.
They are manufactured in the USA and are of very good quality.
You may find sets here on one of our web pages: http://hurdygurdycrafters.com/index.asp?page=parts1.2
 
Individual strings are on another page.
 
All the best
Mel and Ann
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Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I've tried Olympic, but they aren't responding to my emails.  
Is there another string that's comparable to the Savarez, that's a little more available that anyone knows about?  I guess my question is, what brands are other people using?
I've only had my gurdy for a few months and want backup strings.

Thanks for any help,
Belinda

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Martin Lodahl

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On 06/14/2012 07:35 AM, Melvin Dorries wrote:
Greetings Belinda,
 
We sell a complete line of HG gut strings and keep most in stock.
They are manufactured in the USA and are of very good quality.
You may find sets here on one of our web pages: http://hurdygurdycrafters.com/index.asp?page=parts1.2


I haven't tried Mel's strings, but if he carries them, I'd trust them.  For some years now I've been happy with gut strings from Dan Larson in Minnesota:  http://gamutmusic.squarespace.com/.  Depending on the mission and diameter, I've used treble gut, Lyon gut and Pistoy gut, though the last takes a little extra effort to keep the cotton on.  If like my brother-in-law you just automatically recotton every time the instrument comes out of the case, this won't bother you.  The one exception is for the high d chanter on both my instrument and my wife's, a Neil Brook "Wonder String" lives up to its billing altogether.  Mine had always been fussy about strings up there and had worked best with gut strings of smaller than normal diameter, which tended to have short lives.  Hers had just been impossible.  This string solved the problems with both.

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