![]() I doubt that glue was used in the mounting of your tuners, but switching to conventional pegs is going to make for an ugly pegbox.īy the way, having three complete wraps of the string around the peg is all that is necessary for adequate friction. Slightly less expensive but also less useful. You might be able to get away for even less if you already have an electric screw driver or similar (so you would then only need a tuner knob socket).Ī half way measure is a manual spin winder. You should be able to procure one of those for less than $30. The downside is the number of turns required for a string change.Ī low cost solution would be to purchase an electric string winder with a socket intended for a bass guitar. This has advantages such as the ability to fine tune the string and gives you tremendous leverage so that tuning takes little muscular requirements. A similar ratio is customary for guitars. The worm gear tuners on your cello likely have a high reduction ratio of something like 12 turns to one, which means that it takes about 12 turns of the handle to move the peg around one revolution. Solving your problem is a little difficult for me because our brains are simply wired differently. It os a student cello, and I am not sure I want to sink the money into and others. If I do anything, it won't be for a while. I am just trying to get ideas and thoughts. But, are these things glued as well as screwed to the side of a peg box? If that is the case, there will not only be the holes from the little screws, there will be n issue with the finish under it. They were not installed due to a pegbox issue, it was an issue with the lady not being able to turn non-geared. I would like to replace them with normal geared pegs that look like nom-geared pegs, but I would then have little holes where the screw are holding the brass plate in place, right? I don’t think there is anything wrong with the side of the pegbox. Well, this happens in its upright position too. Also, as I mentioned, when I turn them to tune, I keep turning them the wrong way. It is disorienting for me when playing if I have to tune when it is in the upright position, also.Īnother issue with this type peg is that they make me have to use a longer end pin than I want to use because they are not comfortable above my shoulder if I don’t. Would not have been an issue except I was giving that used set to someone to try out. I broke a Perpetual A string when removing it because I was turning it the wrong way. ![]() The other issue, concerning changing strings, is that I get confused which way to turn the peg to tighten or loosen a string. As you can see from the photos, that puts the end of the peg into the sofa, making it hard to turn without lifting the cello up a bit. I lay my cello on its back on my sofa to change the strings. The owner put them on.Ī major problem is that changing strings is a royal pain. My first cello I bought has side geared shiny “brass” pegs.
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