Fiddle String Chart

                       

STRING COLOR ENDS
BRAND	PEG_E	PEG_A	PEG_D	PEG_G	PEG_C	TAILPIECE_E	TAILPIECE_A	TAILPIECE_D	TAILPIECE_G	TAILPIECE_C
CHINESE	PINK	AQUA	BLUE	BLACK		PINK	AQUA	BLUE	BLACK
CORELLI---INTERMEDIATE	BLUE	BLACK	PURPLE	YELLOW	RED	AQUA--BLACK	AQUA--BLACK	AQUA--BLACK	AQUA--BLACK	AQUA--BLACK
CORELLI----MEDIUM	BLUE	BLACK	PURPLE	YELLOW	RED	PURPLE--BLACK	PURPLE--BLACK	PURPLE--BLACK	PURPLE--BLACK	PURPLE--BLACK
DIADDARIO--HELICORE	GREEN	BLACK	YELLOW	RED	PURPLE	BLUE--YELLOW	BLUE--YELLOW	BLUE--YELLOW	BLUE--YELLOW
DIADDARIO----PRELUDE	GREEN	BLACK	YELLOW	RED	PURPLE	RED	RED	RED	RED
DIADDARIO----PROARTE	GREEN	BLACK	YELLOW	RED	PURPLE	RED--BLUE	RED--BLUE	RED--BLUE	RED--BLUE	RED--BLUE
DIADDARIO----QUANTUM	GREEN	BLACK	YELLOW	RED	PURPLE	BLUE	BLUE	BLUE	BLUE
DIADDARIO----ZYEX		BLACK	YELLOW	RED	PURPLE	PINK--BLUE	PINK--BLUE	PINK--BLUE	PINK--BLUE
EURO	GREEN	GREEN	GREEN	GREEN		GREEN	GREEN--RED	GREEN--GREEN	GREEN--BLUE
GOLBROKAT	YELLOW					GOLD
BRAND	PEG_E	PEG_A	PEG_D	PEG_G	PEG_C	TAILPIECE_E	TAILPIECE_A	TAILPIECE_D	TAILPIECE_G	TAILPIECE_C
HUAYIN (CHINESE)	GRAY	PURPLE	GREEN	BROWN		BROWN	BROWN	BROWN	BROWN	BROWN
HUAYIN (CHINESE)---NEW	PINK	PINK	PINK	PINK		YELLOW--PURPLE	YELLOW--GREEN	YELLOW--BROWN	YELLOW--MAROON
JARGAR DOLCE--FORTE--/MEDIUM	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE	AQUA--RED--BLUE
LARSEN	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	BLUE	GOLD--BLUE	GOLD--BLUE	GOLD--BLUE
LEWIS	PURPLE	YELLOW	RED	GREEN		BLUE	BLUE	BLUE	BLUE
PIRASTRO---BLACK LABEL	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	BLACK	BLACK	BLACK	BLACK	BLACK
PIRASTRO----CHROMECORE	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	DARK GREEN	DARK GREEN	DARK GREEN	DARK GREEN
PIRASTRO----EUDOXA	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	GRAY--PURPLE	GRAY--PURPLE	GRAY--PURPLE	GRAY--PURPLE	GRAY--PURPLE
PIRASTRO----FLAT CHROME	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	PURPLE--WHITE	PURPLE--WHITE	PURPLE--WHITE	PURPLE--WHITE	PURPLE--WHITE
PIRASTRO----FLEXOCORE	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	YELLOW--MAROON	YELLOW--MAROON	YELLOW--MAROON	YELLOW--MAROON	YELLOW--MAROON
BRAND	PEG_E	PEG_A	PEG_D	PEG_G	PEG_C	TAILPIECE_E	TAILPIECE_A	TAILPIECE_D	TAILPIECE_G	TAILPIECE_C
PIRASTRO-----GOLD   LABEL	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	YELLOW	WHITE--GOLD	WHITE--GOLD	WHITE--GOLD
PIRASTRO----OBLIGATO		BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	RED--BLACK	RED--BLACK	RED--BLACK	RED--BLACK
PIRASTRO----PIRANITO	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	GRAY	GRAY	GRAY	GRAY	GRAY
PIRASTRO----PIRRAZI	GREEN	BLACK	PINK	BROWN	PURPLE	GREEN	GREEN--BLACK	GREEN--BLACK	GREEN--BLACK
PIRASTRO----SYNOXA	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	PINK--WHITE	PINK--WHITE	PINK--WHITE	PINK--WHITE	PINK--WHITE
PIRASTRO----TONICA	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	RED--WHITE	RED--WHITE	RED--WHITE	RED--WHITE
PIRASTRO----VIOLINO	GREEN	BLACK	RED	BROWN	PURPLE	BLUE	BLUE--BLACK	BLUE--BLACK	BLUE--BLACK
PRIM	PURPLE	PURPLE	GREEN	RED	BLUE	OLIVE GREEN	OLIVE GREEN	OLIVE GREEN	OLIVE GREEN	OLIVE GREEN
RAO--(LEWIS)	GREEN	BLACK	YELLOW	RED		GREEN	GREEN	GREEN	GREEN
BRAND	PEG_E	PEG_A	PEG_D	PEG_G	PEG_C	TAILPIECE_E	TAILPIECE_A	TAILPIECE_D	TAILPIECE_G	TAILPIECE_C
SUPER SENSITIVE ---RED LABEL	RED	BLUE	GRAY	GREEN	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED
SUPER SENSITIVE     OCTAVA	RED	BLUE	GRAY	GREEN	RED	BLUE--BLACK	BLUE--BLACK	BLUE--BLACK	BLUE--BLACK	BLUE--BLACK
THOMASTIC---BELCANTO				ORANGE	ORANGE				ORANGE	ORANGE
THOMASTIC----DOMINANT	PURPLE	PURPLE	PURPLE	PURPLE	PURPLE	PURPLE	BLUE	GREEN	YELLOW	RED
THOMASTIC----INFELD-BLUE	PURPLE	BLUE	BLUE	BLUE	BLUE	PURPLE	BLUE	GREEN	YELLOW	RED
THOMASTIC-----INFELD-RED	PURPLE	RED	RED	RED	RED	PURPLE	BLUE	GREEN	YELLOW	RED
THOMASTIC----SPIROCORE	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED	RED
WESTMINSTER	GREEN--PURPLE--BLACK					GREEN--PURPLE--BLACK

 String Descriptions -

Corelli - Synthetic core - Excellent balance and volume, easy playing, immediate response.

Helicore - multi strand steel core - quick response, warm clear sound with good longevity.

Prelude -  steel core -  clear bright sound with quick response

ProArte - nylon core - warm sound with good bow response

Zyex - synthetic core - warm sound with good bow response, very stable

Jargar - steel core - Bright full sound with quick response

Larsen - synthetic core - very warm but powerful

Chromcor - stranded steel core - warmer clear sound with quick response

Obligato - synthetic core - warm, brilliant, clear and focused sound

Piranito - steel core - great student string

Pirazzi - synthetic - warm sound with wide dynamic range, intense and brilliant colorations and quick response.

Synoza - synthetic core - big sound, rich in overtones, rounded stable tone.

Tonica - synthetic core - big rich overtones, very good response.

Violino - round big sound with great projection - great student string

Prim - steel core - bright powerful sound

Belcanto - exceptional balance of tension, projection, and tonality

Dominant - Perlon core - feel of gut with exceptional stability, clear, rich in overtones

Infeld Blue - synthetic core - Brilliant strong and clear

Infeld Red - synthetic core - Warm strong and clear

Spirocore - steel spiral core - round, bright and powerful

Genetic Research on Jews

I recently purchased two books on genetic research on Jews and one on Khazaria. I finished the first book, Jacob's Legacy: A Genetic View of Jewish History by David B. Goldstein. The other two books are Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People by Jon Entine and The Jews of Khazaria by Kevin Alan Brook.

Professor Goldstein studies several questions such as the existence of a Y chromosome gene common to descendants of Jewish priests (Cohen), genetic evidence that Jewish woman did not intermarry with non-Jews for a very long time, and genetic diseases common to Jews. For me, however, the most interesting chapter is on his study of Ashkenazi Levites. Goldstein is staunchly Zionist, but seems to be a reputable and honest scientist. He says that he was initially dismissive of Arthur Koestler's thesis that the Khazars are key to the origin of Ashkenazi Jewry. "I am no longer so sure. The Khazar connection seems no more far-fetched than the spectacular continuity of the Cohen line or the apparent presence of Jewish genetic signatures in a South African Bantu people. And then there is that troubling Y chromosome that is so common in the Ashkenazi Levites but seemingly nowhere else to be found. I cannot claim that the evidence proves a Khazari connection. But it does raise the possibility, and I confess that, although I cannot prove it yet, the idea does now seem to me plausible, if not likely." More on this as my studies continue.