![]() ![]() The gearing in the Wittner pegs seems very accurate. Inside each peg there is a self-inhibiting gear mechanism so you can tune the string up to pitch and it will stay there without pushing the peg in or pulling it out. And because it's synthetic material, it won't be affected by temperature or humidity. It seems to be the same carbon composite material as their tailpieces and chinrests. The synthetic material of the Wittner pegs feels much better. Reaming the peg hole with a standard 1:30 violin peg reamer I am much happier with the quality and engineering in these pegs. I recently installed Wittner Finetune Pegs in a cello and a violin. I posted about the PlanetaryPerfection Pegs in a previous post. For a student learning to tune, it can be a deal breaker. I also know that Minnesota weather (where our summers are hot and humid and our winters are bitterly cold and dry) can test the limits of even the best fitting pegs and the most patient player. Traditionalists will argue that the standard ebony (or similar very hard wood- rosewood or boxwood) pegs, if fit well, will be all that a player needs to tune well. In fact, it seems that many people give up playing simply because they can't keep their instrument in tune. Learning to use the pegs on a violin or cello is a very difficult skill. And they should be! But fine tuners on the tailpiece only solves half of the tuning problem. Most student instruments are usually set up with some type of four fine tuner configuration. Learning to tune a stringed instrument can be one of the most frustrating and expensive parts of learning to play. ![]()
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