9/19/2023 0 Comments Wittner finetune pegs![]() ![]() Love at first tune! And the pegs pretty much stayed in position despite weather or humidity. Not the greatest violin but decently adequate for the jobs at hand. Argggg! So I eventually bought a violin that came with the geared pegs already installed from the factory for gigs such as this. ![]() It started for me when I was playing a gig (in the winter) and at a break, left my "good" violin on a table that was too near an uninsulated window (duh) and when I returned, three of the pegs had sprung. Sorry to all the luthiers out there, but as a player, they just are. Traditional pegs seem always to be a hassle even when they are exceptionally done. "Geared pegs" all the way as in the ones that look like traditional pegs with the gears inside the peg.Discussion: Questions about peg re-bushing.Discussion: Why not install Planetary Pegs?.Laurie's Violin School: Don't Tolerate Impossible Pegs!. ![]() So here is the question: Do you favor traditional, wooden friction pegs for your instrument(s), or do you favor the pegs containing small mechanical gears inside, known informally as "gear pegs?" Please feel free to describe your peg experiences and recommendations in the comments below! (And by the way, thanks to Paul Deck for the Weekend Vote idea! If you have ideas, feel free to e-mail me!) That is right, after all that difficulty, the traditional pegs on my violin, or on just about anyone's, are a breeze for me.īut why all the suffering? As Elizabeth said, "It takes the strength of a butterfly to turn these pegs!" I gave my blessing to several of my students to get the geared pegs, and they certainly have no trouble tuning their instruments. Having grown up with mismatched, constantly-slipping pegs in my violin that required constant struggle, I came to view myself as kind of a peg warrior. Gear pegs contain small mechanical gears inside, making them very easy to turn and less likely to slip. ![]()
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