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If you have this type of fine-tuner you need a loop.
When I buy silver D and G they last longer because I have acidy fingers. Not everyone has that problem though.
You're going to be very happy with your new strings.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
How about the pirastro E? Is that what MGN suggested: mix dominant with pirastro?
I checked, too, my strings look like they have an O at the end and i assumed it is loop not ball.
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pky said:
I checked, too, my strings look like they have an O at the end and i assumed it is loop not ball.
Sounds like you do have loop ends - the ball is very obvious, all gold and shiny 
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Some balls are black.(That was not a joke)
Can you send me a picture PKY? A loop is just like a loop on a line. The loop goes over something and catches. The ball is made so that the string will get stuck between a slit. or inside the tailpiece. It's pretty obvious if we see it.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Should I get medium gauge? Again, what are the difference among the gauges?
Fiddlerman and Catmccall, thank you so much for all your help, I now know I need to get ball ends:)
so, loop is the string itself twisted into a loop, and a ball is string wrapped around a ball (in a groove in the middle of the ball, btwm the ball does has a hole so the whole thing looks like a bead)?
Is my understanding correct?
Sorry, fiddlerman,
I forgot what you said to get, i went back to the shoutbox, and all the old messages are gone.
So, do I get lower 3 strings with silver D (BTW, there's not a choice of ball or loop, would that be a problem?) with pirastro E?
Thank you!
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Yes, Lower three with silver D
No choice because usually only the E and A are the only strings that can have a loop and mostly with steel strings. With E you always have a choice. Some steel A's too.
Most common is to have a ball end.
You need to get the Wondertone, Pirastro E with a ball end. It was the top choice on that link.
Wonder why your shout-box text disappeared. Everything seems to be there for me.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
thank you! I will go ahead and order them:) and will report how I like them. Right now I'm doing some recording just to document the steel sound that produce by the steel strings that come with my violin. That way, I will have a way to compare them.
Is it possible that the sound post makes my violin sound louder? i used to be able to hear echo on the lower strings, now I hear it on A & E as well.
The shoutbox, I guessed I thought about it this morning -- would the old messages disappear after certain existence, and then they disappeared. LOL
Almost like when I was pregnant with my daughter, I thought "won't it be nice to have a new year baby, oh no, there come my new year baby - two months too early!
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Yeah pky you have the Cecilio CVN 500. You need all ball strings. I would go with medium (as I'm looking out the window waiting for the UPS man for my cvn 500 fiddle to show up) Just found out my strings won't be hear until tomorrow bummer.
I just ordered some dominant strings with that pirastro E string, all medium. Can't wait till they come, Then i will have some fun changing the strings -- hopefully it will go well since it would be my first time!
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Have fun with the new strings! Just make sure to change one at a time or it will turn into a much bigger project.
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Yes, change one at a time and make sure the string is tightened enough to support your bridge before moving on to the next string. These fiddles are real finicky.
Fiddlerman has a great video on changing strings if you have not watched that yet. The over and under technique (prevents slipping) which is the same way that I learned on guitar many moons ago. You may even want to bring your violin into a luthier to do it for you so you can see first hand. Or maybe a Skype lesson with Fiddlerman? Cause those Dominants that you bought are expensive strings. By the way pky, I got my violins today. I canceled my visit to my local luthier today because I found out my Dominants don't come in until tomorrow and I am going to have the luthier change my strings. I had a heck of a time changing out my Cecilio strings.
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For me the hardest part was seeing the hole in the peg, especially the A string. I almost said the A hole....ha ha ha! Anyway, a strong light is handy, I have an LED headlamp that is super bright, just the thing for hands free.
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