As a Danish company we could be forgiven for referring to one of our greatest literary figures, for example, in telling the story of an individual string. Where would be a very good place to start? Let’s start at the very beginning (no ugly ducklings involved). The...
‘Trying out the Lord Aylesford 1696 Stradivarius on loan to me by the Nippon Music Foundation and the Joseph Filius Guarnerius 1694 from Beares in London.’ Cellist Pablo Ferrández compares the two greats. To make things fair, as in the best of control experiments,...
As the Danish gentleman said. Part of a series of illustrated quotes from Hans Christian Andersen to follow over the next week or so. ‘Where words fail, music speaks.’ At Larsen Strings we would like to think that we are adding our voice to the conversation. Please...
Our thanks to Harald Haugaard for forwarding his impressions following his switch from Larsen Original to Il Cannone for violin: ‘For the past twenty five years my loyalty has always been to Larsen Original, in the light blue packets. But I’ve recently fitted the new...
‘Virtuoso are a good choice for me, absolute flexibility, the same for big halls or small ‘dry’ rooms, amplified or not. Even if you play as loud as possible the strings keep a noble tone, the response is fantastic, soft or hard. Virtuoso suit me and my playing...
Please visit Katri Patel’s Blog here at Larsen Strings for an entertaining, at times poignant but always informative take on the life of a cello teacher in London. Katri was born in Finland and has played with many orchestras both in Finland and in the UK...
