Try to pal up with a good backup guitarist if you haven't already - they are worth their weight in gold and can make or break you! But then that's another subject. You learn so much just watching the other entrants too. Others on this forum will have more information about that.īy the way - good luck in your competitions if you decide to go that way - they are a great way to gain confidence and really make you focus. Hard for me to say about that - one way or the other. Some say that the tone improves without fine tuners. I had new tailpieces without fine tuners installed at the same time and wish I had kept my fine tuners. But I know some fiddlers who are thrilled with their geared pegs, so everyone has different experiences and I am still getting used to them.Īnother decision to make is whether to keep your fine tuners if you do go ahead and make the change. It also takes me longer to change strings which is important if a string breaks when you are playing out. I thought it would be easier to tune - but I don't find that it is and so far I am also finding they go out of tune a little more often than they used to when they had only fine tuners. I had Wittners installed on two fiddles I use for crosstuning in the last 6 months and I am still getting used to them. If you decide on either.I would spend the extra money to have a violin shop.not a music store.install them so they are trouble free.Īsk yourself what is your reason for wanting geared pegs. You might call violin shops in your area and them what they use and why! Did you google Wittner fine tune/Perfection pegs and look at the company's webpage for could be educational for you. If major violin shops are using them then you know that they have to be top of the line. Read some of the reviews with an eye to who's selling them and who getting paid to review or use them. They both turn smoothly, but you can feel a small "bump" when you tune sharper( UP) One of the other reasons that we like Wittner's is that the part that turns (to tune the pegs) is inside each of the peg heads of the peg where as the Perfections, the tuning mechanism is inside the barrel of the peg and they are 4 tiny gears and maybe that is what failed on the two sets we had to replace.we did replace them with Wittner's. I think both companies have had to make some changes to the turning mechanisms inside. įile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View All three are vintage American violins.ĮuzABETH PITCAIRN FITS WITTNER FINETUNE PEGS T() RED. I have Wittner's on 3 of the violins I play on.2 for orchestra and one for fiddlin". I think the Wittner are the new generation of pegs and more professionals are going to this brand over the other. A tiny drop of crazy glue is recommended by this lutheir (although the instructions say otherwise), to secure them in the peg holes. Any peg instillation is going to require some luthier knowledge of pegbox, pegs and bushings to have a well finished assembly. My husband is a luthier, he does not feel that the materials on the ends of either peg are more difficult to cut and file (you need very sharp tools when working on stringed instruments. The Perfections thread in to the hole and so the pegs have to be installed correctly otherwise you'll be unwinding the string. You have to be sure to spiral bush and buy the correct size of pegs for your pegbox holes. We started using the Perfection Pegs about 6-7 years ago and had difficulties with two sets.the D peg failed on one and I cannot remember the other failure. They are easier to install and can be removed if you want to sell the violin and keep the pegs to re-install in your next violin. most of the professional violin shops here in San Diego and also up in LA are using Wittner's. Hi our shop out here in SoCal,near San Diego only uses the Wtitner Fine Tune Pegs.
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