I sincerely cannot understand the idea of those hidden "machine heads"!
Violinists, viola players, cellists, ..., do not use those.
Why should I? The old friction pegs are so easy, fast and good - if they
are. I have had the luck of having good ones.
But everyone may choose his/her own way, I'm not opposing modern peg
technology, but it certainly is not for me! :-)
happy friction peg (is that the right term?) user,
Arto
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