There are various commercially-available remedies as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuning_peg#Peg_dope
Whatever you use, apply it sparingly, and realize that you may have to remove some or all of it if the application does not improve the situation. Daniel -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of David van Ooijen Sent: 13 August, 2015 06:02 To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Soap & Talc, quick question Love that typo. ;-) David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, David van Ooijen <[1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: I use talk only. Baby powder. David On Thursday, August 13, 2015, andy butler <[1][2]akbut...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: I'm about to change strings on my lute, and I understand that applying a soap/talc mix to the pegs will help with tuning. So, is that a 50/50 mix? Should I add any water? any tips gratefully received kind regards andy To get on or off this list see list information at [2][3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [3][4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [4][5]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. mailto:[6]akbut...@tiscali.co.uk 2. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. mailto:[8]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 4. [9]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [10]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [11]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. javascript:; 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. javascript:; 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. javascript:; 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. javascript:; 9. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 10. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 11. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/