EP1156471B1 - String for a musical instrument - Google Patents

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EP1156471B1
EP1156471B1 EP01110909A EP01110909A EP1156471B1 EP 1156471 B1 EP1156471 B1 EP 1156471B1 EP 01110909 A EP01110909 A EP 01110909A EP 01110909 A EP01110909 A EP 01110909A EP 1156471 B1 EP1156471 B1 EP 1156471B1
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  • the invention relates to a string for a musical instrument.
  • strings for musical instruments have a continuous core of steel wire, steel cord, natural fiber (mostly sheep or cattle gut), plastic (monofilament or multifilament with many individual fibers) or a combination of these materials.
  • the soul is wound with one or more wires of metal or other material.
  • the wire weaving is often replaced by a silk or Textilbespinnung.
  • the string can also consist only of the soul itself, such as Steel wire on the high E-string of the violin or the high strings on the steel-side guitar or gut in the pure gut string of the high e-string of the violin.
  • these end portions are therefore spun in a conventional manner with textile or silk threads, and these spun with textile or silk threads areas includes in the direction of the center of the string, the sputtering with metal wire.
  • these spun with textile or silk threads areas includes in the direction of the center of the string, the sputtering with metal wire.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a string for a musical instrument, through which the aforementioned conflicting requirements for such a string can be better met and in particular the risk of breakage of the string is reduced in the end of the string. According to the invention, this is achieved by a string according to claim 1.
  • the string With the chucking section attached to one end or both ends of the string, the string can be attached to the voice mechanism or the tailpiece of the musical instrument.
  • This Aufspannabêt which exerts no influence on the sound of the string, may consist of a kerbschreibsver Jardinen material and is virtually arbitrarily dimensioned.
  • the clamping section may consist of a steel wire while the sound generating section comprises a plastic or mineral fiber core or a combination thereof.
  • a fabric hose piece may be provided in which extends both the chucking section and the sound producing section. This fabric hose piece can be so laced or braided and have a diameter such that it contracts automatically under a tensile stress on the two inserted portions and secures the two sections against pulling out.
  • the connection can be secured by means of an adhesive.
  • the clamping section itself may consist of a fabric tube in which on one side the end of the sound-generating portion of the string protrudes.
  • This fabric tube may in turn be designed such that it is tensioned automatically in a tensile stress against the inserted end of the sound-producing portion and / or the connection can be made or secured by means of an adhesive.
  • the rope or tubular Aufspannabites is flexible and extends the also flexible sound generating section.
  • end heads are used only for attachment of the string to the corresponding fasteners of the musical instrument, but they do not represent extensions of the sound-producing portion in running between the fasteners of the musical instrument, free area of the string.
  • the strings 1 are attached to a tailpiece 3, at its second end they are fixed to whirls 5 a voice mechanics 6.
  • the vertebrae 5 may have a hole through which the end of the string 1 is inserted, which is wrapped around in its subsequent area several times around the vortex 5.
  • the vertebrae 5 are about actuators 8 rotatable, whereby the string tension and thus the tone of the string is changeable.
  • the structure of an embodiment of a string according to the invention will be explained below with reference to FIG. 2.
  • the tailpiece 3 the web 2 and the upper saddle 4 are shown schematically in section, the vortex 5 schematically in a perspective view and the string 1 in side view.
  • the string 1 comprises a middle sound generating section 9, which extends in the region between the upper saddle 4 and the web 2 and slightly above the upper saddle 4 in the direction of the vortex 5 and slightly beyond the web 2 in the direction of the tailpiece 3.
  • the sound-generating section 9 of the string is formed by a core 10, which is surrounded by a Bespinnung 11.
  • the core 10 may be made of steel, a natural fiber (eg, sheep or bovine intestine), plastic or mineral fiber.
  • Bespinnung 11 usually metal wires are used. The end regions of the core 10 remain free of the Bespinnung 11. Over these end portions of the soul 10, a fabric tube is pushed in each case, which forms a Aufspannabrough the string.
  • the fabric tube is braided or braided and has an inner diameter adapted to the diameter of the core 10, wherein insertion of the end of the core 10 into the fabric tube is just possible.
  • the entanglement angle of the fabric tube forming the clamping section 12 is selected such that the fabric tube contracts or exerts a tendency to reduce its inside diameter by applying a tensile force acting in the longitudinal direction.
  • the core 10 is fixed during the tensioning of the string 1 in the fabric tube forming the clamping section 12.
  • a bonding of the core 10 with the fabric tube forming the clamping section 12 is preferably provided, wherein, for example, a superglue can be used.
  • the fabric tube is provided with a loop 13, whereby the string 1 can be fastened to the tailpiece 3 in a simple manner.
  • the clamping section 12 could consist of a piece of wire. This is to be connected to the tone-generating section of the string, namely about a fabric hose fitting into which the end of the sound generating portion 9 and the end of the wire piece forming the chuck portion 12 are inserted, which may be additionally bonded to this fabric hose piece.
  • a string according to the invention also has the advantage, especially in the case of very expensive string souls such as sheep intestine, of saving on the string core of the sound-generating section.
  • a fabric tube which is suitable for connecting the sound-generating portion of the string to the chucking section 12 or itself may form the chucking section may be made of polyester or nylon, for example.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Saite für ein Musikinstrument.The invention relates to a string for a musical instrument.

Herkömmlicherweise besitzen Saiten für Musikinstrumente eine durchgehende Seele aus Stahldraht, Stahlseil, Naturfaser (meist Schafs- oder Rindsdarm), Kunststoff (monofil oder multifil mit vielen Einzelfasern) oder einer Kombination aus diesen Materialien. Häufig ist die Seele mit einem oder mehreren Drähten aus Metall oder einem anderen Material umsponnen. An den Endbereichen wird die Drahtbespinnung oft von einer Seiden- oder Textilbespinnung ersetzt. Die Saite kann aber auch nur aus der Seele selbst bestehen, wie z.B. Stahldraht bei der hohen E-Saite der Geige oder den hohen Saiten bei der Stahlseitengitarre oder Darm bei der reinen Darmsaite der hohen E-Saite der Geige.Traditionally, strings for musical instruments have a continuous core of steel wire, steel cord, natural fiber (mostly sheep or cattle gut), plastic (monofilament or multifilament with many individual fibers) or a combination of these materials. Often the soul is wound with one or more wires of metal or other material. At the end areas, the wire weaving is often replaced by a silk or Textilbespinnung. The string can also consist only of the soul itself, such as Steel wire on the high E-string of the violin or the high strings on the steel-side guitar or gut in the pure gut string of the high e-string of the violin.

Bei der Herstellung und Dimensionierung von Saiten bzw. Saitenseelen ergeben sich Forderungen gegensätzlicher Natur. Eine erste Forderung betrifft die möglichst hohe Reißfestigkeit der Seele, damit diese den Belastungen beim Aufspannen der Saite auf das Musikinstrument sowie beim Spielen des Musikinstruments gewachsen ist. Im Gegensatz dazu steht die Forderung nach einem befriedigenden Klang der Saite, welchen diese nur erzeugt, wenn ihre Seele unter einer hohen Spannung steht, die oft an der Grenze zur Bruchspannung liegt. Solche sehr klar und laut klingende und schnell ansprechende Saiten werden von Musikern oft gewünscht. Deren Realisierung ist aber durch die Bruchgefahr der Saite Grenzen gesetzt. Diese Bruchgefahr ist gerade im Bereich der Stimmechanik besonders hoch, welche die Stimmwirbel umfaßt, um die die Saiten jeweils mehrfach herumgeführt sind. Durch den relativ geringen Radius des Stimmwirbels sowie durch die unvermeidliche Reibung am Obersattel kommt es zu einer erhöhten Belastung der Saite, wobei die Spannung in der Saitenseele auf der Höhe des Stimmwirbels bis zum Doppelten des sonstigen Wertes betragen kann. Bei Saiten für Streichinstrumente ist heute eine starke Tendenz weg von der Stahlseele und hin zu naturdarmähnlich klingenden Saitenseelen aus Kunststoff- oder Mineralfasern oder deren Kombination feststellbar. Diese Materialien sind deutlich kerbempfindlicher als die traditionellen Stahlsaiten, wodurch der Kompromiß bei der Dimensionierung der Seele zusätzlich verschärft wird bzw. sehr gut klingende Konstruktionen wegen der Bruchgefahr verunmöglicht werden können. Zur Milderung der Kerbspannung im Bereich der Enden der Saiten werden diese Endbereiche daher in herkömmlicher Weise mit Textil- oder Seidenfäden besponnen, und an diese mit Textil- oder Seidenfäden besponnenen Bereiche schließt in Richtung der Mitte der Saite die Bespinnung mit Metalldraht an. Gerade bei modernen Saiten aus Kunststoff- und Mineralfaserseelen ist dieser bekannte Schutz der Seele jedoch unzureichend.In the production and dimensioning of strings or string souls arise demands of a contradictory nature. A first requirement relates to the highest possible tensile strength of the soul, so that it is equal to the stresses during clamping of the string on the musical instrument and when playing the musical instrument. In contrast, there is a demand for a satisfactory sound of the string, which only produces this when its soul is under a high voltage, which is often at the limit of the breaking stress. Such very clear and loud-sounding and fast responding strings are often desired by musicians. Their realization is set by the risk of breakage of the string limits. This danger of breakage is particularly high in the field of voice mechanics, which includes the tuning pegs, around which the strings are each led around several times. Due to the relatively small radius of the vocal cord and the inevitable friction on the upper saddle, there is an increased load on the string, wherein the tension in the string soul at the level of the voice vortex can be up to twice the other value. For strings for stringed instruments today is a strong tendency away from the steel soul and towards natural gut-like sounding string souls made of plastic or mineral fibers or their combination ascertainable. These materials are more notch sensitive than the traditional steel strings, whereby the compromise in the dimensioning of the soul is additionally aggravated or very good sounding designs can be made impossible due to the risk of breakage. To mitigate the notch stress in the region of the ends of the strings, these end portions are therefore spun in a conventional manner with textile or silk threads, and these spun with textile or silk threads areas includes in the direction of the center of the string, the sputtering with metal wire. Especially with modern strings of plastic and mineral fiber souls known protection of the soul is insufficient.

Aus der EP 0 120 363 A2 sind weiters sogenannte Endköpfe zur Befestigung auf dem Ende der Saite gezeigt. Diese Endköpfe dienen zur Halterung der Saite an den Befestigungselementen des Musikelements. Zusätzlich sind in dieser Schrift herkömmliche schleifenförmige Endausbildungen der Saite gezeigt. Hierzu wird das die Seele der Saite umfassende Ende schleifenförmig zurückgeführt und mit der Saite verdreht. Saiten mit Endköpfen sind weiters aus der GB-PS 237,342 bekannt.From EP 0 120 363 A2 further so-called end heads for attachment to the end of the string are shown. These end heads serve to hold the string to the fastening elements of the music element. In addition, in this document, conventional loop-shaped end configurations of the string are shown. For this purpose, the soul of the string comprehensive end is looped back and twisted with the string. Strings with end heads are further known from GB-PS 237,342.

Aus der GB 259 127, US 2 260 756, und der DE 360 306 sind Saiten mit Aufspannabschnitten bekannt.From GB 259 127, US 2 260 756, and DE 360 306 strings are known with Aufspannabschnitten.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine Saite für ein Musikinstrument bereitzustellen, durch die die genannten gegensätzlichen Anforderungen an eine solche Saite besser erfüllt werden können und insbesondere die Bruchgefahr der Saite im Endbereich der Saite verringert wird. Erfindungsgemäß gelingt dies durch eine Saite gemäß Anspruch 1.The object of the invention is to provide a string for a musical instrument, through which the aforementioned conflicting requirements for such a string can be better met and in particular the risk of breakage of the string is reduced in the end of the string. According to the invention, this is achieved by a string according to claim 1.

Mit dem an einem Ende oder an beiden Enden der Saite angebrachten Aufspannabschnitt kann die Saite an der Stimmechanik bzw. am Saitenhalter des Musikinstruments angebracht werden. Dieser Aufspannabschnitt, der auf den Klang der Saite keinen Einfluß mehr ausübt, kann aus einem kerbspannungsverträglichen Material bestehen und ist praktisch beliebig dimensionierbar. Beispielsweise kann der Aufspannabschnitt aus einem Stahldraht bestehen, während der tonerzeugende Abschnitt eine Kunststoff- oder Mineralfaserseele oder eine Kombination davon aufweist. Zur Befestigung des Aufspannabschnitts am tonerzeugenden Abschnitt kann ein Gewebeschlauchstück vorgesehen sein, in welches sowohl der Aufspannabschnitt als auch der tonerzeugende Abschnitt reichen. Dieses Gewebeschlauchstück kann derart verklöppelt bzw. geflochten ausgebildet sein und einen solchen Durchmesser aufweisen, daß es bei einer Zugbeanspruchung auf die beiden eingesteckten Abschnitte sich selbsttätig zusammenzieht und die beiden Abschnitte gegen ein Herausziehen sichert. Zusätzlich kann die Verbindung mittels eines Klebstoffes gesichert sein.With the chucking section attached to one end or both ends of the string, the string can be attached to the voice mechanism or the tailpiece of the musical instrument. This Aufspannabschnitt, which exerts no influence on the sound of the string, may consist of a kerbspannungsverträglichen material and is virtually arbitrarily dimensioned. For example, the clamping section may consist of a steel wire while the sound generating section comprises a plastic or mineral fiber core or a combination thereof. To attach the Aufspannabschnitts on the sound generating section, a fabric hose piece may be provided in which extends both the chucking section and the sound producing section. This fabric hose piece can be so laced or braided and have a diameter such that it contracts automatically under a tensile stress on the two inserted portions and secures the two sections against pulling out. In addition, the connection can be secured by means of an adhesive.

Alternativ kann Aufspannabschnitt selbst aus einem Gewebeschlauch bestehen, in den auf einer Seite das Ende des tonerzeugenden Abschnitts der Saite ragt. Dieser Gewebeschlauch kann wiederum derartig ausgebildet sein, daß er sich bei einer Zugbeanspruchung selbsttätig gegen das eingeschobene Ende des tonerzeugenden Abschnitts verspannt und/oder die Verbindung kann mittels eines Klebstoffes hergestellt oder gesichert werden.Alternatively, the clamping section itself may consist of a fabric tube in which on one side the end of the sound-generating portion of the string protrudes. This fabric tube may in turn be designed such that it is tensioned automatically in a tensile stress against the inserted end of the sound-producing portion and / or the connection can be made or secured by means of an adhesive.

Der seil- oder schlauchförmige Aufspannabschnitt ist flexibel ausgebildet und verlängert den ebenfalls flexiblen tonerzeugenden Abschnitt.The rope or tubular Aufspannabschnitt is flexible and extends the also flexible sound generating section.

Die aus dem Stand der Technik bekannten Endköpfe dienen lediglich zur Befestigung der Saite an den entsprechenden Befestigungselementen des Musikinstruments, sie stellen jedoch keine Verlängerungen des tonerzeugenden Abschnitts im zwischen den Befestigungselementen des Musikinstruments verlaufenden, freien Bereich der Saite dar.The known from the prior art end heads are used only for attachment of the string to the corresponding fasteners of the musical instrument, but they do not represent extensions of the sound-producing portion in running between the fasteners of the musical instrument, free area of the string.

Weitere Vorteile und Einzelheiten der Erfindung werden im folgenden anhand der beiliegenden Zeichnung erläutert. Darin zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine schematische Ansicht eines Saiteninstruments in Form einer Geige und
  • Fig. 2 eine schematische Darstellung einer auf ein Saiteninstrument aufgespannten erfindungsgemäßen Saite.
Further advantages and details of the invention are explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Show:
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a stringed instrument in the form of a violin and
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a string clamped on a string instrument according to the invention.

Das in Fig. 1 dargestellte Saiteninstrument umfaßt mehrere über einem Resonanzkörper 7 aufgespannte Saiten 1. An einem ersten Ende der Saiten 1 sind diese an einem Saitenhalter 3 befestigt, an ihrem zweiten Ende sind sie auf Wirbeln 5 einer Stimmechanik 6 festgelegt. Dazu können die Wirbel 5 ein Loch aufwiesen, durch welches das Ende der Saite 1 durchgesteckt ist, die in ihrem anschließenden Bereich mehrfach um den Wirbel 5 herumgelegt ist. Die Wirbel 5 sind über Betätigungsorgane 8 verdrehbar, wodurch die Saitenspannung und damit der Ton der Saite veränderbar ist.At a first end of the strings 1, these are attached to a tailpiece 3, at its second end they are fixed to whirls 5 a voice mechanics 6. For this purpose, the vertebrae 5 may have a hole through which the end of the string 1 is inserted, which is wrapped around in its subsequent area several times around the vortex 5. The vertebrae 5 are about actuators 8 rotatable, whereby the string tension and thus the tone of the string is changeable.

Der Aufbau eines Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemäßen Saite wird im folgenden anhand der Fig. 2 erläutert. In dieser sind der Saitenhalter 3, der Steg 2 und der Obersattel 4 schematisch im Schnitt, der Wirbel 5 schematisch in perspektivischer Ansicht und die Saite 1 in Seitenansicht dargestellt. Die Saite 1 umfaßt einen mittleren tonerzeugenden Abschnitt 9, welcher im Bereich zwischen dem Obersattel 4 und dem Steg 2 sowie etwas über den Obersattel 4 in Richtung des Wirbels 5 und etwas über den Steg 2 in Richtung des Saitenhalters 3 verläuft. Der tonerzeugende Abschnitt 9 der Saite wird von einer Seele 10 gebildet, die mit einer Bespinnung 11 umgeben ist. Diese Teile können entsprechend den bekannten Saiten ausgebildet sein. Beispielsweise kann die Seele 10 aus Stahl, einer Naturfaser (beispielsweise Schafs- oder Rindsdarm), Kunststoff- oder Mineralfaser bestehen. Für die Bespinnung 11 werden üblicherweise Metalldrähte verwendet. Die Endbereiche der Seele 10 bleiben von der Bespinnung 11 frei. Über diese Endbereiche der Seele 10 ist jeweils ein Gewebeschlauch geschoben, der einen Aufspannabschnitt der Saite bildet. Der Gewebeschlauch ist geklöppelt bzw. geflochten und weist einen an den Durchmesser der Seele 10 angepaßten Innendurchmesser auf, wobei ein Einführen des Endes der Seele 10 in den Gewebeschlauch gerade möglich ist. Der Verklöppelungswinkel des den Aufspannabschnitt 12 bildenden Gewebeschlauchs ist dabei so gewählt, daß sich der Gewebeschlauch unter Aufbringung einer in Längsrichtung wirkenden Zugkraft zusammenzieht bzw. bestrebt ist, seinen Innendurchmesser zu verringern. Dadurch wird die Seele 10 beim Aufspannen der Saite 1 im den Aufspannabschnitt 12 bildenden Gewebeschlauch festgelegt. Zusätzlich ist bevorzugterweise eine Verklebung der Seele 10 mit dem den Aufspannabschnitt 12 bildenden Gewebeschlauch vorgesehen, wobei beispielsweise ein Sekundenkleber verwendbar ist.The structure of an embodiment of a string according to the invention will be explained below with reference to FIG. 2. In this the tailpiece 3, the web 2 and the upper saddle 4 are shown schematically in section, the vortex 5 schematically in a perspective view and the string 1 in side view. The string 1 comprises a middle sound generating section 9, which extends in the region between the upper saddle 4 and the web 2 and slightly above the upper saddle 4 in the direction of the vortex 5 and slightly beyond the web 2 in the direction of the tailpiece 3. The sound-generating section 9 of the string is formed by a core 10, which is surrounded by a Bespinnung 11. These parts may be formed according to the known strings. For example, the core 10 may be made of steel, a natural fiber (eg, sheep or bovine intestine), plastic or mineral fiber. For Bespinnung 11 usually metal wires are used. The end regions of the core 10 remain free of the Bespinnung 11. Over these end portions of the soul 10, a fabric tube is pushed in each case, which forms a Aufspannabschnitt the string. The fabric tube is braided or braided and has an inner diameter adapted to the diameter of the core 10, wherein insertion of the end of the core 10 into the fabric tube is just possible. The entanglement angle of the fabric tube forming the clamping section 12 is selected such that the fabric tube contracts or exerts a tendency to reduce its inside diameter by applying a tensile force acting in the longitudinal direction. As a result, the core 10 is fixed during the tensioning of the string 1 in the fabric tube forming the clamping section 12. In addition, a bonding of the core 10 with the fabric tube forming the clamping section 12 is preferably provided, wherein, for example, a superglue can be used.

Am freien Ende des Aufspannabschnitts 12, mit dem die Saite 1 im Saitenhalter 3 festgelegt ist, ist der Gewebeschlauch mit einer Schlaufe 13 versehen, wodurch die Saite 1 in einfacher Weise am Saitenhalter 3 befestigbar ist.At the free end of the Aufspannabschnitts 12, with which the string 1 is fixed in the tailpiece 3, the fabric tube is provided with a loop 13, whereby the string 1 can be fastened to the tailpiece 3 in a simple manner.

In einem anderen Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung könnte der Aufspannabschnitt 12 aus einem Drahtstück bestehen. Dieses ist mit dem tonerzeugenden Abschnitt der Saite verbunden sein, nämlich über ein Gewebeschlauchstück, in welches das Ende des tonerzeugenden Abschnitts 9 und das Ende des den Aufspannabschnitt 12 bildenden Drahtstücks eingeführt sind, die mit diesem Gewebeschlauchstück zusätzlich verklebt sein können.In another embodiment of the invention, the clamping section 12 could consist of a piece of wire. This is to be connected to the tone-generating section of the string, namely about a fabric hose fitting into which the end of the sound generating portion 9 and the end of the wire piece forming the chuck portion 12 are inserted, which may be additionally bonded to this fabric hose piece.

Neben der erhöhten Festigkeit der Seitenenden hat eine erfindungsgemäße Saite auch den vor allem bei sehr teuren Saitenseelen wie Schafsdarm ins Gewicht fallenden Vorteil einer Einsparung bei der Saitenseele des tonerzeugenden Abschnitts.In addition to the increased strength of the side ends, a string according to the invention also has the advantage, especially in the case of very expensive string souls such as sheep intestine, of saving on the string core of the sound-generating section.

Ein Gewebeschlauch, der zur Verbindung des tonerzeugenden Abschnitts der Saite mit dem Aufspannabschnitt 12 geeignet ist bzw. selbst den Aufspannabschnitt bilden kann, kann beispielsweise aus Polyester oder Nylon bestehen.A fabric tube which is suitable for connecting the sound-generating portion of the string to the chucking section 12 or itself may form the chucking section may be made of polyester or nylon, for example.

LegendeLegend zu den Hinweisziffern:to the reference numbers:

11
Saitestring
22
Stegweb
33
Saitenhaltertailpiece
44
Obersattelupper saddle
55
Wirbelwhirl
66
Stimmechaniktuning mechanism
77
Resonanzkörpersound
88th
Betätigungsorganactuator
99
tonerzeugender Abschnittsound producing section
1010
Seelesoul
1111
Bespinnungbraiding
1212
Aufspannabschnitttensioning portion
1313
Schlaufeloop

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  1. A string for a musical instrument, in which there is secured to least at one end of a tone-producing portion (9) of the string (1) a tensioning portion (12) which lengthens the tone-producing portion of the string and by means of which the string (1) may be connected to the musical instrument, in which the tone-producing portion (9) and the tensioning portion (12) are made of different materials and the tensioning portion (12), which is in the form of a cable or tube, is of flexible construction, characterised in that the tone-producing portion (9) is connected to the tensioning portion (12) by means of a woven tubular part into which the end regions of the tone-producing portion (9) and of the tensioning portion (12) project from opposite sides, or in that the tensioning portion (12) is formed by a woven tube into which the end region of the tone-producing portion (9) is introduced.
  2. A string according to Claim 1, characterised in that, when the string is in the tensioned condition, the tone-producing portion (9) extends at least from the nut (4) to the bridge (2) of the musical instrument and somewhat beyond these parts.
  3. A string according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, characterised in that the diameter of the tensioning portion (12) is larger than the diameter of the tone-producing portion (9).
  4. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the end regions of the tone-producing portion (9) and of the tensioning portion (12) are bonded to the woven tubular part.
  5. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the tensioning portion (12) which is constructed as a woven tube is bonded to the end region of the tone-producing portion (9).
  6. A string according to Claim 5, characterised in that that tensioning portion which is to be fixed to the tailpiece (3) is provided with a loop (13) at its end.
  7. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the tensioning portion is formed by a wire connected to the tone-producing portion of the string.
  8. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterised in that a tensioning portion (12) is attached to both ends of the tone-producing portion (9).
  9. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the tensioning portion (12) extends between the tone-producing portion (9) and the tuning mechanism (6) or the tailpiece (3) of the musical instrument respectively.
  10. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the tensioning portion (12) forms part of the length of the string in the free region of the string (1) lying between the tuning mechanism (6) and the tailpiece (3).
  11. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the core (10) of the string extends only through the tone-producing portion (9) but not through the length of the tensioning portion (12).
  12. A string according to one of Claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the tensioning portion (12) extends around the peg (5) of the musical instrument.
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