![]() I tucked a demo Glasser carbon fiber violin with Perfection Planetary geared pegs under my chin and was able to tune it up in seconds, even without a chinrest.ĭo I love the look of my current Hill style rosewood pegs? Definitely. ![]() I went down to Fiddlershop this afternoon to see how I liked the feel of mechanical pegs. My friction pegs are well reamed and get an occasional schmeer of peg compound but I still wind up tuning back-and-forth, back-and-forth while sitting with the violin on my lap most of the time. I checked the other strings with the tuner and they were OK too (heaven forbid I'd actually have to tune by listening for quints.) But I know that some day, I'll actually have to make some quick tuning adjustments. Was in place and blinking squarely on the A 440 which seemed to match the general pandemonium. I have to retune maybe once every 4 or 5 weeks, and that's usually a small adjustment.īesides all of the other "lost in paradise" moments at my very first orchestra rehearsal last week, there was the inevitable tune up moment. That actually reminds me - the Wittners hold their tuning very well. I change strings less than once per year, so the increased convenience in tuning is worth the very rare extra hassle when change strings. And, of course, the higher gear ratio means you turn the pegs a lot more when you're tightening up the new string. If you change strings once a month, that might be an issue (although the Wittners are not all that much harder). To be fair, both the Perfection Pegs and standard pegs are easier to put the string into when you're changing strings. (Doable, but more hassle than it's worth.) I still use the fine tuner on my E string, because it's 20:1, and an adjustment that requires 1/16th of a turn (or less) on the fine tuner would be a bit finicky with the peg. With a gear ratio twice as high, that statement is even more true of the Wittner pegs. ![]() The Perfection Pegs require the pegs be a little hard to turn so that they'll not slip.Īs people have commented, you can get rid of the fine tuners with the Perfection Pegs, in some cases even on the E string. The higher gear ratio means they'll hold while the the pegs are still easy to turn. The Wittners have an 8:1 gear ratio, vs the Perfection Pegs 4:1. You don't need to adjust how hard the peg is to turn. It's easy enough to fix, but the Wittners just work. Do that several times, and the peg starts slipping. It's fairly easy to accidently pull the peg out a hair when you're turning it (even though you're not planning to). That second issue is one of the big reasons I prefer the Wittner pegs. I eventually found out that, no, you only do that once in a while if the peg is too hard to turn or is slipping because it's too loose. I got confused on that at first, and thought I had to pull the peg out and push it in every time like a normal peg (which seemed rather pointless). If you push the peg in, they get tighter and harder to turn. If you pull the peg out some (like you might to adjust a standard peg) they get looser. I've used both (Perfection Pegs on my first violin, Wittners on a viola and my good violin), and I definitely prefer the Wittners. Since this thread has been brought back to life, I thought I'd put my 2 cents in. (Makes putting on new strings something of a pain, though.) The 8:1 ratio means they're easy to turn, but don't slip. Wittners don't do that - you put them in and they work. Get them set to a tension that will hold and that you're comfortable with, and leave them there. ![]() I got confused on that in the early stages of having them and thought I was supposed to pull them out and push them back in every time I wanted to change the tuning (like you normally do with standard pegs). If you make them too easy to turn, they won't hold. They made them so that if you push in more, they become harder to turn, if you pull out some, they become easier. It's mainly a question of how many attempts at each string are you willing to do to get it right.Ī word of warning on Perfection Pegs. You can tune all 4 strings with standard pegs (1:1). I do know of one or two people who do all four strings with the Perfection Pegs, no fine tuner even on the E. I usually use them to tune all 4 strings, although I do occasionally use the fine tuner on the E if it's already very close. The Perfection Pegs should be good enough to let you tune the 3 low strings. I have 4 fine tuners now but I would like to go back the the original tailpiece that came with my Fiddlerman fiddle if practicable with steel-core strings. Is that enough for steel-core strings, not counting the E which will probably still benefit from a fine tuner? I have synth-core strings currently. The gear ratio of the Perfection pegs is 1:4.
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