Larsen Il Cannone Violin Strings offer a truly revolutionary sound and are designed to bring out the best in your violin.

They are a great match for players looking for amazing clarity and brilliance, without compromising on richness and tonal complexity.

Il Cannone individual strings and sets are available as two versions:

The Medium variant has a more moderate tension with an open, colourful, projecting, richer and powerful sound whilst the Soloist brings a fuller tone, with even more presence and focus.

Design and Development

In the design and development process, Larsen always aim to produce the exceptional, but it is only during the testing and trial process with hands-on musicians that they can truly know for certain.
Feedback from musicians about the Il Cannone strings has confirmed that they have indeed succeeded and that playability and feel on the fingerboard is excellent with a good resistance to the bow.
Descriptions of the sound that Larsen’s Il Cannone sets deliver include: ‘Noble and powerful. A biting tone with real punch. Highly colourful with many intricate harmonics. Clear. Open. Brilliant. A very fast and easy response especially in spiccato.’

Il Cannone A Options

During Larsen’s development phase of Il Cannone violin, musicians identified two trends in terms of player response.

One group of violinists preferred the directness and focus of a set using one prototype A whilst the other group chose the warmer and broader feel of an alternative A variant.

Based on this extensive trial testing of Il Cannone A options, both the Direct and Focused and Warm & Broad A options are now permanently available.

String Details

The Il Cannone E string, available with a removable ball or dedicated loop option, is made using a unique carbon steel, while the A, D and G strings build on a new, synthetic multi-filament core. The A string is wound with precision rolled aluminium flat wire and the D and G strings are wound with pure silver.

Larsen Il Cannon Violin Strings are available as sets or as individual strings, Soloist variants marked with a red band. Warm and Broad A as labelled.

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