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Double Bass Help Identify strings

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Looks like very old Pirastro Flexocors solo gauge.
Like T-I uses, S means solo and numbers the strings themselves.
Very old Pirastros had a very thin metal wire interwoven onto the silk at the tuner end.
The color of the balls also match.
Nowadays they're black but were silvery back then.
Thank you! I knew this was the right place to ask. They’re for a student of mine that can’t afford new strings. If they are solo strings it’s perfect because her bass is not.
 
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