Minority opinion: My Pajot was restored before I owned it by a
respected maker who clearly intended the instrument to be more playable
than historically exact, and most of the changes he made meet with my
approval, with the notable exception of the concealed guitar-style
machine tuners. I'm accustomed to friction pegs and they don't bother
me a bit, so what I notice most is the difference in changing strings.
I can replace and tune all of the strings on one of my viols in less
time than it takes to change one string on the vielle. This last week
there were some pretty striking humidity changes here, and at a viol
rehearsal two of us had strings break during initial tuning. The other
player had planetary pegs, and I was back in action while she was still
cranking away on her peg. Strings rarely seem to break at convenient
times, so being able to change them rapidly seems to me to be an advantage.
- Martin
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