E String Thomastik Superflexible 4/4 for Violin (Chrome-Wound)

This is the Superflexible top voice in its chrome version — article 8 — and the first thing to know is that it is not bare steel wire. Inside sits the line's steel rope core, which Thomastik describes as "reducing stiffness and improving elasticity", and over it a chrome winding that gives a firm surface under the finger. Tension is 7.8 kp (17.2 lb), gauge medium, size 4/4, with a brass crimp ball end. This is the E fitted in set 15A, the all-chrome combination, so the string works equally well as a replacement for a worn top and as a single addition to another set. The sound is dense and focused, with a clear edge to the attack but without the metallic ring of a bare steel E.

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A Wound E Instead of Bare Wire

A bare steel E is thin smooth wire: the finger slides on it, vibrato in third or fourth position comes out uneven, and the bow hair grips it less securely than the other three strings. A chrome winding removes both problems at once — the fingertip meets a real surface with grip, and the bow gets steadier contact. Chrome is also a hard metal, so the winding survives the spots where a finger lands every day instead of wearing through to the core in a couple of weeks.

7.8 kp Makes It the Tightest String in the Set, by Design

The E carries the highest tension of the four strings in the line, for a purely practical reason: in high positions the working length is short while bow pressure stays the same, and without a margin of tension the top collapses into a hiss. At the same time a multi-strand cable bends more easily than solid wire of the same section, so the string never feels wiry: it seats evenly in the nut and bridge grooves and does not kink where it turns at the tailpiece.

A Clean Open Fifth With the A

Thomastik claims "excellent purity of open fifths" for the line, and the E–A pair is where you hear it best. Chrome E 8 and chrome A 10 share the same core construction and the same winding type, so the fifth settles without a compromise between the lower and the upper voice. If you replace only the first string of a set 15A, you get back exactly the fifth the set had when new. The brass ball also belongs to E and A throughout the line, so envelopes are hard to mix up.

Specifications

What's Included

One E string in an official Thomastik-Infeld envelope marked with article 8 and its gauge. Buying singly makes most sense on the first string: it wears faster than the other three and gets replaced more often.

Who It's For

For the player who wears out E strings faster than the other three; for anyone who finds a bare steel E too bright and too slippery under the finger; and for the owner of a 15A set who wants to refresh the first voice only.

Frequently Asked Questions

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