If your lute has shitty, ill fitting pegs then PegHeads might be fine, but it seems that most lute builders know how to make pegs that work just great. When I see PegHeads on early guitars with six strings I seriously feel the need to throw up. Sterling
Sent from my iPad On May 26, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Michael Grant <mmgrant0...@gmail.com> wrote: > --001a11c35b4c9e155e0516fefe80 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I had PegHeds (that is how the inventor and manufacturer spells his > product) installed on a 10 c Ren lute. 19 PegHeds to replace tired, worn, > crappy wooden friction pegs that had broken off, actually started shearing > off under load. The lute was used and I had just gotten it. Chuck Herin, > the PegHed guy is, by pure luck, only about 2 hours from me here in South > Carolina. I drove the instrument to him, he made very small bore changes > in the pegbox and installed them. Here are before and after pics of the > lute's pegbox. The PegHeds cost $30 a piece. That adds up but what was it > costing me to have a lute with 1/2 of the broken pegs missing and so > unplayable, what would it have cost me to take it to a lute luthier and > have new friction pegs turned and installed and how long would that have > taken. Then I would have been back to friction pegs. Add both costs up > and the PegHeds were a no brainer! I recommend them highly. > > Michael > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: > >> I am neither conventional nor wise, so I can only offer my own personal >> experience & opinions: >> >> Most people love them, I wouldn't pay $20 for a barrelful of them. But >> they are life saver on Orpharions; or any multi-string, double-course low >> tension wire strung instrument. For those instruments, and those >> instruments alone, I would consider them almost a necessity. >> >> They are nice on my Baroque lute student's 13 course instrument - but >> string changing is his problem! >> Hate them on my own 8 course, but I have adapted & gotten used to them- >> and that lute is so good I put up with them. The conventional but >> exquisitely fitted pegs on my Vihuela are a lot faster & easier than the >> Pegheads on my lute; I am used to the quick action of the 1 to 1 "gear >> ratio" of no gears! String changes? Instant! >> >> No gears for me, thanks! >> >> Da >> >> >> On 5/26/2015 6:22 AM, Charles Mokotoff wrote: >> >>> I took delivery of a new lute this week that has Pegheads installed. >>> I've never been one for much authenticity, so this doesn't bug me at >>> all. All I can say is, where have they been all my lute life? I don't >>> know what I am going to do with all the extra time I have now. They >>> are >>> fantastic. The only single thing I miss is the simplicity of removing >>> a >>> string with conventional pegs, but to be able to just sit there and >>> put >>> your left hand up to easily tweak tuning feels miraculous to me. >>> I am curious what the conventional wisdom is on these. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- > __________________________________ > Michael M. Grant, PhD, MBA > *Coastal Psychological Consulting, PA* > 74 Lodge Trail > Pawleys Island, SC 29585 > 843.314.3263 Phone > 843.314.3784 Fax > www.coastalpsychological.com > > --001a11c35b4c9e155e0516fefe80 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <div dir="ltr"><div>I had PegHeds (that is how the inventor and manufacturer > spells his product) installed on a 10 c Ren lute. 19 PegHeds to replace > tired, worn, crappy wooden friction pegs that had broken off, actually > started shearing off under load. The lute was used and I had just gotten it. > Chuck Herin, the PegHed guy is, by pure luck, only about 2 hours from me > here in South Carolina. I drove the instrument to him, he made very small > bore changes in the pegbox and installed them. Here are before and after > pics of the lute's pegbox. The PegHeds cost $30 a piece. That adds up > but what was it costing me to have a lute with 1/2 of the broken pegs missing > and so unplayable, what would it have cost me to take it to a lute luthier > and have new friction pegs turned and installed and how long would that have > taken. Then I would have been back to friction pegs. Add both costs up and > the PegHeds were a no brainer! I recommend them highly.<br><br></div><div! >> Michael<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div >> class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Dan Winheld <span >> dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwinh...@lmi.net"; >> target="_blank">dwinh...@lmi.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote >> class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc >> solid;padding-left:1ex">I am neither conventional nor wise, so I can only >> offer my own personal experience & opinions:<br> > <br> > Most people love them, I wouldn't pay $20 for a barrelful of them. But > they are life saver on Orpharions; or any multi-string, double-course low > tension wire strung instrument. For those instruments, and those instruments > alone, I would consider them almost a necessity.<br> > <br> > They are nice on my Baroque lute student's 13 course instrument - but > string changing is his problem!<br> > Hate them on my own 8 course, but I have adapted & gotten used to them- > and that lute is so good I put up with them. The conventional but exquisitely > fitted pegs on my Vihuela are a lot faster & easier than the Pegheads on > my lute; I am used to the quick action of the 1 to 1 "gear ratio" > of no gears! String changes? Instant!<br> > <br> > No gears for me, thanks!<br> > <br> > Da<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br> > <br> > On 5/26/2015 6:22 AM, Charles Mokotoff wrote:<br> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc > solid;padding-left:1ex"> > I took delivery of a new lute this week that has Pegheads installed.<br> > I've never been one for much authenticity, so this doesn't bug me > at<br> > all. All I can say is, where have they been all my lute life? I > don't<br> > know what I am going to do with all the extra time I have now. They > are<br> > fantastic. The only single thing I miss is the simplicity of removing > a<br> > string with conventional pegs, but to be able to just sit there and > put<br> > your left hand up to easily tweak tuning feels miraculous to me.<br> > I am curious what the conventional wisdom is on these.<br> > <br> > --<br> > <br> > <br> > To get on or off this list see list information at<br> > <a href="http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html"; > target="_blank">http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html</a><br> > <br> > </blockquote> > <br> > <br> > </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div > class="gmail_signature"><div > dir="ltr"><div>__________________________________<br>Michael M. Grant, PhD, > MBA<br><i>Coastal Psychological Consulting, PA</i><br></div>74 Lodge > Trail<br><div>Pawleys Island, SC 29585<br>843.314.3263 Phone<br>843.314.3784 > Fax<br></div><div><a href="http://www.coastalpsychological.com"; > target="_blank">www.coastalpsychological.com</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div> > </div> > > --001a11c35b4c9e155e0516fefe80-- > --
