To all violinists out there, can you clean your strings?

Yes, you can. Here is how.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5019905_clean-violin-strings.html

Sorry @marinelife. Great minds and all.

If I get a build up of rosin on my strings, I carefully use some perfume. You’ve got to be careful not to get it on any other part of your instrument though! I have a small free sample I dab onto a cloth, and then wipe along each string.

I know one should use a polishing cloth on it after each time, but I hate the sound it makes – like fingernails on a blackboard!