Larsen Magnacore for Cello
By Larsen Strings
“The Larsen Magnacore Strings have an immediate response and a bright tone with excellent natural reverberation. They sound great onstage and in the recording studio. I love my Larsen Strings!”
Tina Guo


Larsen Magnacore for Cello
Magnacore Cello strings from Larsen deliver a professional, balanced sound with charisma and depth.
Available in Medium and Strong tension, the Medium tension strings offer a rich, resonant tone with flexibility, while the Strong variant enhances focus and projection, ideal for darker, more powerful instruments.
With a full palette of colors and high bow resistance, Magnacore strings bring clarity and warmth to your performance.
- Charismatic sound with edge and color
- Powerful, yet sonorous and warm
- High resistance to the bow
- Short breaking-in time

Sound & Characteristics
Please note that the illustrated values are intended for guidance purposes only.

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Cello A
Cello D
Cello G
Cello C
Tension
18.4/40.48
19.31/42.48
14.33/31.53
14.46/31.81
14.06/30.93
14.36/31.59
13.66/30.05
14.22/31.28
Core
Solid steel
Solid steel
Multi-stranded steel
Multi-stranded steel
Winding
Stainless steel
Stainless steel
Tungsten
Tungsten
Silks
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Why choose Larsen Magnacore for Cello
Larsen Magnacore Cello strings are crafted for the discerning cellist, offering an exceptionally well-balanced sound that blends power and warmth. Known for their charismatic tone with edge and color, these strings provide a high level of resistance to the bow, allowing advanced players to achieve a bold, sonorous sound with ease.
Available in both Medium and Strong tensions, Magnacore strings for cello let you tailor your setup to match your instrument’s needs. The Medium tension strings are ideal for players seeking a responsive feel with a full-bodied tone, while the Strong tension version offers increased projection and resistance, making it perfect for powerful, darker instruments that benefit from added control.
Magnacore strings are designed with a solid steel core, precision-wound with high-quality flat wire, ensuring durability and a quick playing-in time. This makes them versatile for a range of cello types, offering reliable performance across a variety of musical settings. Whether you’re performing solo or in an ensemble, Magnacore Cello strings provide a consistent, sonorous sound with the renowned Larsen quality.
“We have added a lovely edge to the sound, nice & bright so it carries but still with the famous Larsen roundness. These strings offer many sound colours, from bright to dark, combined with a new clarity and brilliance – a truly singing sound.”
Laurits Th. Larsen

“I find that the wonderful qualities of Larsen strings, that are depth, brilliance and flexibility in all ranges of the cello greatly enhance each instrument’s inherent qualities.
The recent spectacular developments reflected in the Magnacore strings put Larsen in a class of their own!”
In your own words

Joseph Dawson
Royal Northern College of Music
“These are wonderful strings.
The Magnacores are Larsen’s flagship set of cello strings, commonly favoured by soloists and cellists at the highest level of their profession. As someone aspiring to that level of playing, I decided it was pretty urgent to replace my own two year old set of strings with a different make- to restore the full resonance of the cello but also to find new sounds and colours to experiment with. I replaced my old set for a full set of Magnacores, which as all strings do took a few days to settle into the instrument. Once they had bonded with the cello, the brilliant qualities of the set revealed themselves.
Often to attain a balanced tone across the cello’s hugely differently natured registers, one might opt to use two or even three makes of string across the four notes. The Magnacores work on their own to great effect here- all registers yield a full, rounded sound rich with overtones that open up especially well when tender vibrato is used. During fast passagework, the consistent tone of the strings especially shines where it is necessary to make very wide registers blend into each other, and a lightness of touch must be matched with great responsiveness from the strings.
The Magnacores are equally well primed for passagework of a more lyrical nature. While being easy to blend with one another, each of the four strings retains its own distinct voice. The A string is highly singing without being nasally and the C string powerful and dark while responding well to subtle changes in phrasing and intention. It retains its compelling tone in the most mysterious of pianissimos and can channel great surges of powerful fortissimo without breaking tone. The D and G strings provide a strong middle ground with a warm tone that provides a clear canvas for thousands of possible colours.
After my performance the finals of the RNCM Barbirolli competition, I was praised for the intensity of my playing above all else. I am certain that the Magnacores helped get closer to the musical power and clarity of phrasing that I was aiming to achieve that night.”
Larsen Performing Artists
Hearing is believing. See and hear our strings in performance and gain insights into each individual musician’s chosen set up.
Tina Guo
Pablo Ferrández
Sol Gabetta
‘It’s all about the music’
Laurits Th. Larsen. Violinist and Founder, Larsen Strings A/S
Our Options for Cello
Versatility by design: finding your perfect blend.
Il Cannone ® Cello
Arioso Cello
Original Fractional
Aurora Cello
Original Cello
Aurora Fractional
Magnacore ® Cello
Soloist Cello
Larsen Cello Magnacore®
Full available range. Images at 600 x 600px x 72dpi.
Cello A
Magnacore Medium
Cello A
Magnacore Strong
Cello D
Magnacore Medium
Cello D
Magnacore Strong
Cello G
Magnacore Medium
Cello G
Magnacore Strong
Cello C
Magnacore Medium
Cello C
Magnacore Strong
Cello Set
Magnacore Medium
Cello Set
Magnacore Strong
Hybrid Set
Original Magnacore Medium
Hybrid Set
Soloist Magnacore Medium

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