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The Danish Violinmakers Association
Recently we had the pleasure of welcoming the Danish Violinmakers Association (“Violinbyggernes Mesterlaug i Danmark”) here at Larsen Strings. The Association held their annual general meeting in Sønderborg and subsequently made a visit to Larsen Strings. Hand in hand...
larsenstrings.com: The New Website
In order to improve our service to you we have significantly redesigned our online presence with this new update. The new, contemporary style has been adopted to allow for fully responsive viewing and straightforward navigation on most devices from mobile to tablet to...
Discovering a new richness of sound with Katharina Kühl from the NDR Symphony Orchestra
The cello group of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, a long-term cooperation partner of ours, has given us invaluable feedback during the past years. Last week we had the pleasure of working again with one of the cellists from Hamburg. Katharina Kühl came by with her old...
Trying Magnacore® and Magnacore Arioso strings with Troels Svane
On a beautiful afternoon in Lübeck, Prof. Troels Svane had gathered his class and invited some violin-makers for a string session. Dr. Thomas Zwieg, product development manager at Larsen Strings, was there to present the Magnacore® and Magnacore Arioso cello strings....
Highlights 2015: Larsen Strings’ 25th anniversary year
Our 25th anniversary year is drawing to an end, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for choosing Larsen Strings. In 2015, we launched a revised version of our website and a new blog, all with the purpose...
Violinmaker Ian Crawford McWilliams visiting Larsen Strings in Sønderborg
While many musicians in the search of the perfect set-up come to us, once in a while violinmakers also find their way to us. Yesterday, Ian Crawford McWilliams, a Canadian violinmaker living in Brandenburg an der Havel, traveled all the way to Southern Denmark to...
Effortless playing with lower tension strings
Trying strings with musicians is always an experience full of surprises. When Susanne Hoffmann from the South Denmark Philharmonic came to visit us, she brought with her a Bächle cello from 1993 strung with Larsen Soloist and Original strong strings, as recommended by...
Finding inspiration for string development can only come through close collaboration with you, the musician.
Truly understanding the needs, expectations and wishes of musicians can only come through many years of collaboration. Many musicians support the development of Larsen’s strings by coming to the company, trying and talking strings with its development team. By...
Discovering new sound possibilities for the string quartet
By: Anton Ilyunin from the Atrium String Quartet www.atriumquartet.com/ In 2014, a close relationship between the Atrium String Quartet and Larsen Strings was initiated. Last autumn, Larsen Strings had invited all four members of our quartet for a visit to their...
Testing cello strings with experts
A musical string is a matter of sound and playability. As such, describing its essence is never an easy task. The most powerful words are weak when it comes to capturing the true nature of a string. During the last months Larsen Strings has published some videos...
Testing strings with Jakob Elmedal Johansen
When trying strings with South Denmark Philharmonic’s violinist Jakob Elmedal Johansen, we talked about the way musicians view instruments, bows and strings. While Jakob placed much importance on the choice of instrument and bow, he had never given much thought to...
How to make an instrument sing
Dieter Göltl, assistant solo cellist at the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg came by with his Sacconi cello from 1926. Over the years, Larsen Strings has enjoyed very good collaboration with the cello section of the NDR Symphony Orchestra, and Mr. Göltl who had...
Larsen Strings A/S is celebrating its 25th Anniversary
It started with experiments in a garage in Sønderborg. On 25 June 2015 Larsen Strings A/S is celebrating its 25th Anniversary as one of the world's leading manufacturers of strings for bowed instruments. Back in 1990 Laurits Th. Larsen, then a violinist at the South...
Carl Nielsen’s 150th anniversary
The Danish composer Carl Nielsen is renowned for his spacious symphonies, great concertos and many other works. Carl Nielsen is also a composer that represents a unique composition style, which is at the same time rooted in folk music and belonging to the avant-garde....
The musicians’ contribution to string development
What drives us is our love of music. Our goal is to enhance the musical experience of the listener. And that's no small matter. Bearing in mind this ambition, Larsen Strings’ development team is constantly in search of improvement potential that will enhance string...
Danish folk music sound at Larsen Strings
Yesterday at Larsen Strings, the sound of local folk music resonated through our facilities: we had the visit of the famous Danish fiddler Harald Haugaard and one of his musical partners: Kirstine Elise Pedersen (cello). The two musicians came by to optimize the setup...
Testing Magnacore cello strings with Simon Morris and Larsen Strings
Here is the first in a series of many videos to come where we test strings with musicians, violin-makers and dealers. Please enjoy this video made at Beare’s in London. We hope it will bring you additional insights about the feeling, projection and sound of our...
Brahms and Tchaikovsky
Today on May 7th we are celebrating the birthday of the two composers. If you think that today’s anniversary composers have very little in common, see these quotes:
How to recognize a Larsen string?
How to tell the difference between Larsen strings once they are out of their bags? Silk colour Since the very first Larsen Cello A string came on the market, the yellow silk with blue thread symbolizes Larsen Strings. However, to differentiate between the different...
This week’s visiting musician was violist Johan Korsfeldt
Johan Korsfeldt came by this week to test some strings with us. He brought a very old friend of mine with him: A viola from the Canadian violinmaker Ivo Johannes Loerakker, which I had the pleasure of playing from 1990 to 2011. When talking about strings Johan said:...
