{"id":228420,"date":"2020-10-25T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/45.56.66.224\/customers\/104484\/?product=colofonium-pirastro-bass-mid-bass-mittel-902200"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:35:46","slug":"kalifonijs-pirastro-bass-mid-bass-mittel-902200","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/veikals\/stigu-instrumenti\/aksesuari-stigu-instrumentiem\/kalifoniji\/kalifonijs-pirastro-bass-mid-bass-mittel-902200\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalifonijs Pirastro Bass Mid. (Bass mittel) 902200"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h1>About Rosin<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>History<\/h3>\n<p>\n            <\/p>\n<p>From the 10th to 12th century, people used resin obtained<br \/>\n from fir and pine trees for painting and to make their wooden boats<br \/>\nwaterproof. It was also around that time that people from the eastern<br \/>\nparts of the Mediterranean region started to look for new and better<br \/>\nways how to play their stringed instruments. Initially, they would use<br \/>\nsticks made from dried sheep gut which had a rather rough surface to<br \/>\nstrike the strings. Later on, people discovered the benefits of using<br \/>\nhorsehair for bowing their strings. With a layer of rosin applied onto<br \/>\nthe bow hair this proved to be the perfect invention. Only bow hair<br \/>\ncoated with rosin would grab the strings enough for them to be caused to<br \/>\n vibrate.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Extraction<\/h3>\n<p>\n            <\/p>\n<p>Natural resin was and still is obtained from pine trees<br \/>\nduring fall and turpentine oil is the product which is gained through<br \/>\nits distillation. Pieces of natural resin are heated up in a boiler in<br \/>\norder to evaporate water from it while at the same time impure<br \/>\ncomponents within the now liquefied resin slowly sink towards the bottom<br \/>\n of the boiler. As a last step, the pure liquid resin is skimmed off and<br \/>\n then cooled down.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Origin and Characteristics<\/h3>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"fix\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>You can recognize the origin of the resin by its color.<br \/>\nFrench and North American pure resin has a light yellow color while<br \/>\nGerman pure resin is rather brown. Pure natural resin is transparent,<br \/>\ncan be easily pulverized and dissolves in alcohol and essential oils.<br \/>\n            In a successive stage, the pure resin is heated up again<br \/>\nwhile oil and other materials are added. This liquid will then be poured<br \/>\n into a mold to form the cake of rosin that<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>musicians are using for their bow hair. Each manufacturer<br \/>\n has his very own specific procedure to make rosin  which he protects as<br \/>\n a strict secret. As a consequence, all rosins today  differ in quality<br \/>\nand impact the bowing technique and the sound color of  an instrument<br \/>\nimmensely. For the musician it is thus important to  carefully choose a<br \/>\nrosin which helps him to have the most ideal grip of  the bow while<br \/>\nplaying the strings.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Which Rosin should I use?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"fix\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>High quality rosin allows for perfect bowing without<br \/>\nscratchy sounds, especially if only a thin layer of rosin is applied.<br \/>\nThe general rule is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>violinists and violists use a harder, dryer rosin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>cellists use a medium strong rosin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>bassists a softer rosin&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another important aspect for choosing the right rosin is the core material of the string that are being used:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>steel strings are easier played if you use a hard, dry rosin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>for synthetic, gut and gut wound strings use a softer rosin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Moreover, experienced players prefer softer rosin when<br \/>\nplaying in a studio and harder rosin in a concert hall. Hard rosin works<br \/>\n best in tropical climates while soft rosin is good for cold climates.<\/p>\n<p>\n            We develop our own specific rosin and design it according<br \/>\nthe technical requirements of our different string lines. That is also<br \/>\nthe reason why we name our rosin after the brand names of our violin and<br \/>\n viola string lines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Packaging<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Each cake of rosin is glued onto a soft cloth which then<br \/>\nis attached to a hard plastic grip. This prevents the fingers of the<br \/>\nmusician to get exposed to rosin dust and also makes it easier to apply<br \/>\nthe rosin.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Rosin History From the 10th to 12th century, people used resin obtained from fir and pine trees for painting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":122800,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[537],"product_cat":[4450],"product_tag":[2037,6716],"berocket_brand":[6034],"woo-feed-brand":[],"class_list":["post-228420","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-Pirastro","product_cat-kalifoniji","product_tag-kalifonijs-bass-mid-902200","product_tag-pirastro","berocket_brand-pirastro","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/228420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=228420"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=228420"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=228420"},{"taxonomy":"berocket_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/berocket_brand?post=228420"},{"taxonomy":"woo-feed-brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nartiss.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/woo-feed-brand?post=228420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}