For your consideration: Over 50 viola strings. Different brands, different decades, different core materials, different countries of origin. Perfect for a violist looking to experiment or have backups for a lifetime, luthier who needs extra strings on hand, or a teacher with pupils trying to find their sound. See parenthesis for prices of strings found online. (“OOP” means Out-Of-Production)

A strings:

Kaplan long scale ($22)

Pirastro Chromcor (OOP)

Pirastro Flexocor x 4 (OOP)

Dominant ($19)

Spirocore x2 ($20 ea, value: $40)

Jargar medium x 2 ($11 ea, value: $22)

Jargar dolce ($6)

Larson medium loop end x2 ($28 ea, value: $56)

D strings:

D’Addario Pro Arté ($10)

Spirocore x 2 ($24 ea, value: $48)

Pirastro Flexocor x8 (OOP)

Thomastik Dominant ($22)

G strings: 

Thomastik Dominant x 4 ($32 ea, value: $124)

Pirastro Chromcor (OOP)

Super Sensitive Red Label bulk x 7 (—)

Flexocor (OOP)

Red Label x2 (—)

Pro Arté medium scale ($30 ea, value: $120)

Jargar x2 ($8 ea, value: $16)

C strings 

Dominant x 2 ($55 ea, value: $110)

D’Addario Prelude (short)

Jargar ($8)

NOS Lewis Gold Label (OOP)

Red Label bulk x 13 (—)

Red Label (—)

Set:

Pro Arté (OOP? the C string was poached for an old gut Kaplan. I can’t find the Pro Arté A string online, so I won’t count the rest of the strings in the value…)

Conservative total value of strings is $607 

Due to the nature of the lot, strings are sold “as-is.” The lot has been in Colorado where it is extremely dry; there is no rusting or corrosion on the strings. Feel free to ask questions.