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How often should the strings of a violin be changed?
My niece has been taking violin lessons for six months now. She had to change schools twice because her parents moved to another city. But she still uses the same violin. Two days ago, she told me she wanted to change the strings of her violin and I didn’t agree with her because they still looked new to me. She practices everyday for about 3 to 4 hours, and has been doing this for over four months; do you think the strings are due for a change?
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These are some guides on how to know when to replace Violin strings:
1. Be observant to your violin strings for the first sign of wear. You will know this if the strings won't be able to keep in tune as well or for as long. There are also some tone changes and vibration of the string that will reveal that it wear.
2. Inspect and check different areas of wear on the strings. The G, D, and A strings are all wrapped and this wrapping can begin to wear down or unravel. This will create parts of the strings that are hard to move your fingers across and change the sound of the string.
3. Also check for wear between the bridge and tail piece and by the peg box. There are usually tow areas where strings are under a lot of pressure. These areas will be the most likely place that the strings will break from.
4. Remove the string if it breaks and replace them but you don't have to replace all the strings. All the strings usually have the same amount of general wear but often one string will break before the rest are ready to be replaced with a new one. Just replace the one string that is damaged and continue to use the rest.
1. Be observant to your violin strings for the first sign of wear. You will know this if the strings won't be able to keep in tune as well or for as long. There are also some tone changes and vibration of the string that will reveal that it wear.
2. Inspect and check different areas of wear on the strings. The G, D, and A strings are all wrapped and this wrapping can begin to wear down or unravel. This will create parts of the strings that are hard to move your fingers across and change the sound of the string.
3. Also check for wear between the bridge and tail piece and by the peg box. There are usually tow areas where strings are under a lot of pressure. These areas will be the most likely place that the strings will break from.
4. Remove the string if it breaks and replace them but you don't have to replace all the strings. All the strings usually have the same amount of general wear but often one string will break before the rest are ready to be replaced with a new one. Just replace the one string that is damaged and continue to use the rest.
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