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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