pegbox/tuner ideas

Posted by Diane in Chicago on May 27, 2011 at 4:50pm

No, you don't have to use standard pegs!  Geared tuners work just fine!  There are really expensive ones that curve like a traditional fiddlehead:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200407673021&rvr_id=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=WXI7&GUID=708d00ee1290a0aad3b5e3d5ff9d92de&itemid=200407673021&ff4=263602_263622

 

and this builder uses guitar tuners

 

http://www.violin-neolin.com/en_US/innovation-design-luthier.html

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  • Mark Bliss May 30, 2011 at 2:40am
    Thanks for the link Diane, there is some great ideas there!
  • Mark Werner May 28, 2011 at 10:03am

    I bought 3-on-a-side classical guitar tuners and now kind of wish I'd used regular guitar tuners.  The large-diameter shafts of the classical tuners make tuning EXTREMELY sensitive!  The tiniest touch results in the tuner jumping around....

     

    I'm getting the hang of it now, but I've never had an instrument so sensitive.  I can see why "real" violins use fine-tuners.

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