New tuning pegs for electric violin
Posted on December 20, 2009 | Filed Under Instruments
Recently Chris, worship musician extraordinaire at our church came to me and asked if i could replace the tuning pegs on his electric violin to guitar tuners. He said that he wanted more control in tuning, I said sure.
During research I learned that guitar tuners wouldn’t work, however I discovered Perfection Planetary Violin Pegs at Musiciansfriend for $69.00. These gems fit the bill to a T. I immediately ordered a set.
Three days later this arrived.
After reading through the instructions I learned that I needed a new tool, a standard tuning peghole reamer. I found that at Stewart-MacDonald for $49.98. The next thing to have on hand was some Gorilla Glue, then the fun could begin.
The first step is remove strings and old tuning pegs, being careful to note the order of the strings and bag them for safekeeping. Next I had to sort the new pegs between the treble and the bass side of the violin, because they actually screw in and the threads are reversed on the treble side. Read more
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