Peter Tsiorba -> RE: Planetary Pegs (Jun. 21 2011 2:46:14)
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ORIGINAL: alaskaal ... How can a planetary peg take less maintenance than a peg? That makes no sense. Al Al, Traditional pegs are a beautiful, simples and the ultimate "minimalist" solution. I like it very much myself. So, in essence, I agree with you, provided the pegs are accurately installed and detailed. As a luthier, however, I have also found that some players are not comfortable with traditional wooden pegs. Sometimes, it is due to arthritis, or other injuries. Other times, due to general weakness in the wrist and fingers. For those individuals, it is helpful to have a bit of mechanical advantage. Ultimately, though, the least maintenance prone mechanical tuners are the standard tuning machines. The peg, mechanical or not, has a bit of a learning curve. These are my thoughts, based on my observations of players (of varying degrees of ability), commenting and sometimes struggling with the mechanical and traditional pegs.
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