(This accidentally went just to Jon earlier. So I'm resending it now. Apologies to Jon who will see two copies.)
Jon asked: > As you know, reamers come in different angles. Which angle reamer did you > use? 3 degrees, 5 degrees, etc.? I used a standard cello peg reamer in my case. I don't know the angle on that. A viola reamer would work in most cases, I think, but was just a tad too small in the case of my existing holes, so I had to step up a size in pegs. I sent my existing dimensions to Brian and he picked the right pegs for me. Chirsta asked: > are these pegs good for any hurdy`s or just for a certain type of instrument? They wouldn't work for a zanfona with transverse pegs (i.e., pegs with the string holes in the middle of the pegs’ body), for a traditional Hungarian-style instrument with its massive pegs, nor for a Ukrainian lyra with transverse pegs. Other than for those, however, (i.e., for most HG's where the hole is near the tip) they would work. Go take a look at Neil's site that Jon sent a link to earlier and compare the pegs there with your existing pegs. If they have a similar configuration with respect to the hole position, then Pegheads will work. For probably 95%+ of French-style instruments, they would work. Geoff wrote: > Personally, I think they're brilliant, but they probably wouldn't suit the > traditionalists... Actually, these are probably the only machine tuners that *would* satisfy a traditionalist. Unless you're a traditionalist based on some sort of uncompromising principle, they probably would suit you because they look like the real deal. Unless you are really up close and looking from beneath the instrument you will find that they are virtually indistinguishable from ebony pegs. For example, I would *never* use banjo tuners on a HG because I find them to look completely wrong (and think they are as ugly as sin), but have no problem at all with using these. They are beautiful and could be used on any instrument with traditional violin-style pegs without looking out of place. -Arle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
