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After Dan did his testing, I started to use what he had picked and put on traditional hardangerfiddle strings only for players who's main instrument I knew was the normal hardangerfiddle.

After Dan did his testing, I started to use what he had picked and put on traditional hardangerfiddle strings only for players who's main instrument I knew was the normal hardangerfiddle.

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Hardanger d'amores are relatively light and thin to keep them in the hardangerfiddle tradition with that charateristic sound and feel.. I encouraged the players to experiment with strings, but stick with light gauge, because I was afraid that the instruments would not take too much tension. After 10 years, I've seen that they can probably take medium gauge too; they seem to stand up to aging rather well. But I'd still avoid heavy gauge: hardangerfiddles as well as hardanger d'amores are built for a full and rich sound. Not for maximum decibel!

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Hardanger d'amores are relatively light and thin to keep them in the hardangerfiddle tradition with that charateristic sound and feel.. I encouraged the players to experiment with strings, but stick with light gauge, because I was afraid that the instruments would not take too much tension. After 15+ years, I've seen that they can probably take a string of medium gauge too. At least if it is tuned lower. I warn against medium gauge for strings tuned up. And suggest not to use heavy gauge at all, unless for tuning for example the 5th string down very low.

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Hardangerfiddles as well as hardanger d'amores are built for a full and rich sound. Not for maximum decibel!

<strong>Sympathetic strings:</strong>

<strong>Sympathetic strings:</strong>

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