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    … What do you think about ‘detune’? I’ve been watching the Micropitch tutorials om YT. Sounds like chorus without wobble.

    You’re going to want a light application for classical, I believe.  Say, 1c to 10 cents at the most, especially if it’s (+ & -).  Much more, and it’ll sound like you’re strings are out of tune.  Added to reverb accentuates it even further.

    If you’re considering pitch-shifting, it can be subtly mixed in.  Octaves up or down, or some added emphasis on the harmonic series.  I do like a bit of detune on the upper octaves, with a complementary spread of both detuning and panning.  It gets big when any other effects are panned wider or narrower.

    Personally, I think pitch shifters might be a good fit.  You can selectively mix in octaves per-string & pan position.  I guess dedicated delays might also work, but I’d start with the pre-delay parameters found in most reverbs.