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Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments

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head, whose lower end advances against one end of a lever with a right-angle bend in it. The string is fastened to the other end of the lever, and tightening the screw tightens the string. With the screw at the lower limit of its travel, the lever can come close enough to the instrument's top to pose
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The taper allows the peg to turn more easily when pulled out slightly, and to hold firmly when pushed in while being turned. Since the typical wear pattern on a peg shaft interferes with this action, pegs occasionally require refitting, a specialized job which amounts to reshaping both pegs and holes
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designed to fit inside a case shaped like a friction peg. They have seen some adoption as they look almost exactly like friction pegs, require no more modification of the instrument than a new set of friction pegs, and make fine tuners unnecessary. They are also durable and less sensitive to changes
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instruments also exist, although they have not gained wide use, which has to do with the extensive and irreversible physical modification that must be made to the peg box in order to mount them, which is often viewed as ruining the aesthetics of the instrument, combined with a bad reputation they
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Pegs are tapered, and must contact the insides of the holes on both sides of the pegbox. The fit is very important, of course, as is the nature of the contacting surfaces there. Raw wood on raw wood never works well, so a preparation is usually applied to facilitate a smooth turning of the
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within minutes as soon as the peg slips again. With too much friction, adjusting the tuning at all is impossible. If the pegs or their holes are not perfectly round, or if the bearing surfaces of the pegs are indented from wear, peg dope will not remedy the resulting problems.
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Without the proper amount of friction to hold the peg in place, a tapered tuning peg will tend to "slip", making a tuning setting virtually impossible to maintain. String instruments with pegs that are slipping can be tuned briefly, but will be
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Tuning pins may be known as wrest pins or zither pins, regardless of the instrument on which they are used. They are used on instruments with many close strings, as they are more compact and cheaper. Modern pianos use threaded pins, as do many
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varies; while higher ratios are more sensitive, they are also more difficult to manufacture precisely. Machine heads may be open, with exposed gears, or closed, with a casing around all the gears.
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A tapered peg is simply a smooth peg with a string wound around it. The tension of the string is controlled by turning the peg, and the peg is held in place by friction in its hole (in contrast to
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Threaded tuners are durable, will take very high string tensions. They do not push outwards on the hole and wedge the wood apart, which can reduce the risk of splitting it. They can be set in
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Medieval bone tuning pin. One end is pierced for the string; the other is squared off to fit in a tuning lever socket. The middle section, which would pass through the wood, is tapered.
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a risk of scarring it. To avoid damage to the top, the screw may be turned out as far as it goes while still engaging the lever, and the string re-tuned using the peg.
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pegs have a slightly more aggressive 1:25 taper. 19th century and earlier pegs, for use with stretchier gut strings, typically had an even steeper taper of 1:20.
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tension. Tuning pegs that are well fitted and properly doped will both turn smoothly throughout an entire rotation and hold firmly wherever the player wishes.
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of some stringed instruments, as a supplement to the tapered pegs at the other end. Tapered pegs are harder to use to make small adjustments to pitch.
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Turning the peg or pin tightens or loosens the string. Some tuning pegs and pins are tapered, some threaded. Some tuning pegs are ornamented with
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Peg dope serves two different (and almost conflicting) purposes. It both lubricates the peg shaft so it turns easily in the
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often use modern tuning machines instead. Tapered pegs are also used on older European instruments, such as the Bulgarian
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acquired due to poorly designed early models that were prone to failure, often with catastrophically damaging results.
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Fine tuners can buzz, and may cut strings if not filed smooth before use. They add weight and, when not built into the
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have conical shafts, turned to a 1:30 taper, changing in diameter by 1 mm over a distance of 30 mm. Modern
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A properly working peg will turn easily and hold reliably, that is, it will neither stick nor slip. Modern pegs for
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Mounted open machine heads. Note slot in background where the strings are wound around the pin of the tuner.
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is perhaps the most common system. A peg has a grip or knob on it to allow it to be turned. A
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Different types of stringed instrument parts and their methods for tuning stringed instruments
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Like tapered pins, threaded pins must be set in a pin block of fairly hard wood, such as
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Tapered tuning pins are similar, but must be turned with a tuning tool, usually called a
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tuning peg, not yet shaved to fit an instrument. Note smooth taper and finger grip.
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A tuning lever of another shape, like that used on the piano in the earlier image.
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A medieval tuning key with a square socket, for turning tuning pins. Excavated in
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Among modern Western musical instruments, tapered pegs are most often used on
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Tapered pegs are a simple, ancient design, common in many musical traditions.
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family instruments are usually geared, and are called tuning machines or
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Two types of compound; bearing surfaces of peg are visible as shiny bands
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Tuning pins usually have square ends, allowing them to be turned with a
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and provides friction to keep the pegs from slipping with the force of
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tuned with konso (braided leather ring) string terminations.
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in temperature and humidity. They are popular on banjos.
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Close-up of the gearing of a mounted open machine head
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friction tuning system (using braided leather rings).
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Fine tuners are not geared. They have a screw with a
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Brass tuning pins on a replica of the late medieval
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produced when the string is played by adjusting the
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