If the small end of the peg protrudes at all, try pushing on it with one thumb
while gently rocking the peg with the other hand. If it hurts your thumb too
much, pad it with something like a dime.
I have had this happen with violin pegs, which, like lute pegs are tapered.
They literally be
I have a 1968 David Rubio lute that is in need of some considerable repair
in order to make it play well again. The top has
split along the glue line for most of its length, and there were quite a few
rattles internally, suggesting that the fan bracing (Rubio lutes have fan
bracing) may b
Use a wooden pencil with an eraser on the end. Saw off the writing end
so that you have a nice flat surface. Put the eraser against the small
end of the peg and tap very gently on the flat end of the pencil that
should stick out a ways from the pegs. It's helpful if you have a
helper to hold
Push the peg out from the other side with a pencil or something like this
while turning it. Worked for me.
Regards
Stephan
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von gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca
Gesendet: Sonntag, 14. September
Hello lute folks,
My 13 course went from a warmer dryer environment to a colder wetter
environment quite suddenly. One of the fourth-course pegs, which has
always given me problems, being harder to turn than the others,
refused to budge no matter what gently persistent prodding or brute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU0iRUi9EQ4&feature=youtu.be
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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