Natural Silk Strings & SILKMAG Strings
100% Natural Silk Strings
ZAYA-RUZO SILK STRINGS ​ are 50% stronger than gut strings, less stretchable, and have a louder and brighter sound. These also are weatherproof and moisture resistant, which is important for outdoor performances.
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Natural silk strings may be perfect for a lot of early musical instruments, such as lute, baroque guitar, cittern, rebec, fidel, hurdy-gurdy, and many other plucked and bowed instruments.
The sizes are in a wide range from 0.5 mm up to 2+ mm diameter. Full chart of sizes you can find below.
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There are several types of natural silk strings you can order:
* Unwounded natural silk strings
*Wounded natural silk strings
*Unwounded SILKMAG strings
*Wounded SILKMAG strings.
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Unwounded natural silk strings are made by old-time receipts using 100% natural silk filaments, which are twisted by 1.5-2.5 rounds per 1 cm of their lengths with stretchable natural glue, and covered with flexible natural resin.
Unwounded SILKMAG strings are made by the same way, but additionally these are embedded by magnetic nano powder that allows using an electromagnetic pick-ups.
All these strings are available wounded by copper silver plated wire 0.3 or 0.4 mm dia. Wounded SILKMAG strings do work with electromagnetic pick-ups.
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The Chart of available sizes and prices of Natural Silk and SILKMAG Strings
​ String # DIA (mm) Unwounded (price) String # DIA (mm) Wounded (price)
Natural Silk SILKMAG Natural Silk SILKMAG
#2 0.5 $8 $16 #32 1.3* $16 $24
#3 0.6 $8 $16 #34 1.4* $16 $24
#4 0.7 $9 $18 #36 1.5* $16 $24
#6 0.8 $9 $18 #38 1.6** $18 $26
#8 0.9 $10 $20 #40 1.7** $18 $26
#10 1.0 $10 $20 #42 1.8** $20 $28
#12 1.2 $10 $22 #44 2.0** $20 $28
#16 1.4 $12 $24
#20 1.6 n/a $30
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* - Wire dia. 0.3 mm
** - Wire dia. 0.4 mm
( All strings are 860 mm long)
How to Use the Silk String Calculator
This tool helps you determine the correct relationship between string diameter, note, tension, and scale length for natural silk strings.
The calculator works very simply:
1. Select any three fields.
Choose values for Diameter, Note, Tension, or Scale length.
2. The fourth field will be calculated automatically.
The calculator will instantly compute the missing value based on the physical properties of natural silk strings.
3. If a combination is not physically possible, you will see:
“Not available” This means that the selected string cannot produce that note at that tension and scale length.
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Electromagnetic Pick-Ups TONEMAG
ToneMag is a magnetic pickup for acoustic instruments, built for a clean, lively, and natural tone.
At its heart is a neodymium magnet, delivering high sensitivity and a wide dynamic range without coloration or compression.
No preamp. No batteries. No special tools.
ToneMag plugs in directly and performs at full strength from the first moment.
The universal mounting system includes several angled bases, allowing installation on instruments of different shapes. Mounting takes only minutes and requires no modification to the instrument.
ToneMag is the honest voice of your instrument — amplified without loss.
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Price: $35/ea
