Pirastro Obligato Violin Strings, SET

By Pirastro

4.8 from 161 reviews
Price:
from £88.84 inc VAT & Free Delivery in the UK
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Purchase options

With loop end Steel E
66 in stock
£88.84
With ball end Steel E
54 in stock
£88.84
With ball end Goldplated E
51 in stock
£98.15
With loop end Goldplated E
62 in stock
£98.15

* All strings are ball end, unless otherwise specified.

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Description

A universal string of great quality suitable all types of instrument and player standard Obligato strings sound warm and full, yet have a brilliant, rich overtone spectrum and focused tone. Excellent playability and response throughout the entire dynamic range

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Using a loop end E? The use of a protector to prevent the tuner hook breaking the string is essential with loop end E strings. We cannot accept claims for strings broken by the adjuster hook. Click here to purchase this item.

Specifications

  • Professional grade synthetic fibre cored strings
  • Ball end A, D & G
  • Choice of gold-plated or plain steel E, ball or loop end
  • A-Aluminium
  • D-Silver
  • G-Silver
  • Made in Germany
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Customer reviews:

Rating Summary
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Mr Jim Dorans
09/02/2011 19:45
Eastleigh, United Kingdom

Teacher

I would buy them again - my preferred brand.
1 out of 1 found the following review helpful

Pros: Very rich and warm tone, and a fair amount of volume too.

Cons: I think these strings tend to lose their tone quicker than other similarly priced stings of the same type.

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Ian
23/02/2024 22:01
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Grade 8+

Excellent strings for a bright violin. Nuanced.

Pros: Really interesting sound without being strident.

Cons: None

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Finlay
02/10/2023 19:54
Inverness, United Kingdom

Keen Amateur

Nice Mellow Strings

Pros: Great sounding strings - best strings for my fiddle that I’ve found. Not too pricey and they have a good shelf life as well.

Cons: Nothing really

Other: I’ve struggled to find strings that sit well on my fiddle as most sound very trebley as not very mellow - but these strings do and they pair very nicely with my fiddle which is otherwise difficult to pair strings with

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Shani
03/06/2023 15:38
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Grade 8+

Brilliant strings

Pros: Brilliant sound for my electric violin. I never tried the gold E string, but the steel one definitely doesn’t whistle and sounds plenty bright.

Cons: Nothing

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Claire
29/03/2023 19:50
Leicester, United Kingdom

Grade 8+

Great strings!

Pros: The great rounded sound, and stable strings that stay in tune.

Cons: None

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Jonathan
28/02/2023 19:47
Bristol, United Kingdom

Keen Amateur

Great strings

Pros: Responsive and resonant

Cons: The price!

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Nicola Sharples
18/01/2023 17:31
Skipton, United Kingdom

Grade 8+

Glad I tried obligato strings

Pros: Have used pirastro eudoxa strings for years but was having a lot of problems with tuning. A combination of new pegs and new strings and my tuning problems are resolved. So happy to be able to focus on the music without worrying about strings slipping out of tune

Cons: None

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Ethel
03/06/2022 05:46
Exeter, United Kingdom

Grade 8+

Bright sounding strings

Pros: These strings gave a nice ‘bright’ sound, which is why I bought them

Cons: Nothing

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Jonathan
20/04/2022 21:53
London, United Kingdom

Professional

Wonderful quality strings

Pros: Excellent strings which produce a clean sound and allows the violin's innate qualities to shine through. It has enough power for my needs and is responsive when playing really softly.

Cons: The E string tends to whistle quite easily. It seems to need a fair bit of weight on the string for it to sound. I have changed to a wound E string on my violin, which seems to balance the other Obigato strings better than the stock string.

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Norman
15/04/2022 12:06
Fraserburgh, United Kingdom

Beginner

Excellent strings.

Pros: These greatly the tone of my inexpensive violin, giving me much fuller sound. I also was very grateful of the advice given to me by Max, and for taking the time to discuss my questions. So thank you for that.

Cons: None

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