Howard brings out a factor, which is longevity. I have had them for 4 years, no breakdown thus far. Also, Charles gave an example of the Ernie Ball battery charged tuning device. i do not have that, but a simple device that winds the string, and it works very well for changing strings. Yes, there are those who love them, those who dislike them. Personally, since I got pegheds, they have solved many past issues of sticking and slipping when in performance. ed
On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 10:47 PM, howard posner <[1][email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 11, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Some guy named "LSA Lute Rental Program" wrote: > > Then, after the dust settles, we discover we are pretty much evenly > split for and against You're not accounting for the many, many, fraudulent votes. > and the issue dies down only to rise again in 12 > months. > For those who do not wish to use planetary tuners, the most notable > example of which is PegHedz, their best approach is not to use them. > For those, like me, who have used them and like them very much indeed, > the best approach is to keep using them. I have 42 instruments in the > LSA's lute rental collection and if I had the money to do so I would > install PegHedz on every single one. The LSA neither supports nor > does not support the use of any particular tuner, including friction > pegs or planetary tuners such as PegHedz. I am only telling you that > I think they are such a valuable resource that I would put them on all > the lutes if it could be afforded. It can't so I won't. But if I > did it would forever eliminate the problem that aging lutes have of > pegs that become out of round and needing replacing or retooling. It > would also make tuning much easier for beginners--but that is just my > opinion. Have these things been around long enough that we can talk about their durability? To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
