Re: Quality tuners for F style - opinions welcome
Originally Posted by
tmsweeney
... I get the impression the tension is too high for what is on there now - hence the difficulty in turning the peg.
Just taking a shot here:
My mandolin orchestra owns an older Gibson mandocello that's v. difficult to tune, even after I lubed the tuners. Haven't really had time to get back to it BUT...
The issue seems to be interference between the windings of adjacent strings, where one string's windings "mesh in" with those on an adjacent capstan, and the tuner button can't apply enough pressure to both tighten the string and break tension with the interlocking windings at the same time. The solution, I believe, would be to "simply" re-wind the strings on the capstans with pliers to help make sure the bends are tight and the strings sitting low (these are thick 'cello strings, after all). The prior re-stringing seems to have simply let the capstan pull the string into shape, and they do not start off lying close to the shaft. A complicating issue, for me, is that some of the string holes are off center on their capstan - yuck!
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