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dominant violin strings uk - a fantastic site, At the outset violin strings were made completely from gut, and by the 17th century, sheep's gut was the preferred material in Europe. From the latter half of the seventeenth century the G string was frequently wound with silver to achieve a more powerful sound; this technique is thought to have been invented in Bologna, Italy. There is evidence to suggest that pure gut strings had been used in Europe for many centuries prior to this, for example, wolf gut was utilised in 14th century England. It should be noted that, in the non-Western world, strings for bowed instruments had been made from the muscle or connective tissue of water-fowl (10th century China) and the gut of young lions (9th century Arabia). During the 19th century the following set-up became popular: plain gut E and A, twisted gut D and G wound with copper, silver wire or silver-plated copper. Steel increasingly replaced gut for the E string, affording a greater endurance and a larger sound. During the 20th century, the twisted gut D string was gradually superseded by gut with an aluminium winding. Steel strings were developed in the late 19th century after the success of the steel E string. The A, D and G strings were wound with an array of different metals, for example chrome steel, silver and eventually tungsten.