Description
Long a favorite of violin players, Larsen Strings has developed the Il Cannone for Cello. Built upon the powerful foundations of a rich and expressive core sound, Il Cannone for cello offers you a rich palette of combinations. The new Larsen Strings Il Cannone cello range has been hailed as a step change in cello string development. Available in two variants, Direct & Focused or Warm & Broad, all eight strings are mutually compatible and fully interchangeable by design. Il Cannone for cello gives you a toolbox of options to choose from to optimize your individual sound.
Direct & Focused or Warm & Broad?
The core sound can be blended with any Il Cannone string combination(s) because all of the options are of a similar moderate tension and engineered to complement one another. For example, combine the Warm & Broad C with the Direct & Focused G and you will notice that C becomes more focused and the G becomes warmer.
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Dan (verified owner) –
For so long my playing experience has been, across the C to the A strings, clear, clear, muddy, clear. Even the most expensive D strings were still relatively muddy, at least to my ear.
Then I came across the moderately priced D string made by Corelli. Its aluminum coating over a steel core gives it wonderful grit, bite and texture, so that it's not like stepping into a mud puddle when playing the D string.
Recently I tried the Larsen "il cannone" D string. It is a steel coating over a solid steel core and is also quite good. It also cuts through the mud.
I have two cellos, one Montagnana-shaped and the other Stradivari Forma B shaped, so now I'm running the Corelli D on the Montagnana and the il cannone D on the Forma B, and enjoying listening to and comparing the different nuances of timbre, bowing placement and projection. I generally play one full week with one instrument, and then the next full week with the other. Each instrument has its own beauties and endearments.
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Alicia (verified owner) –
Love these strings
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Lynn (verified owner) –
Great strings.
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Colin (verified owner) –
I’ve been using the original Larsen A string for about 3 years now. I decided to try the new Larsen strings, because I’ve enjoyed playing every string made by them. The product lives up to its name— it is a warmer and broader sound compared to the original Larsen string. However, it loses a lot of the nuances and playability of the original. The best way I can describe its response is that it is almost like having a second D string. Also, it is much harder to achieve different colors of sound than other Larsen strings I’ve tried. Although I don’t think that this is an upgrade from the original, it’s a great string for beginner/intermediate cellists and I think that professionals may enjoy it, but I recommend that you try it first.
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